Hot Rods I got my Model A just about done...

Nice !!!

 

Looks great Sam!

Looking forward to seeing it at LARS...

Neal

 

love that cover for the rumble seat...never seen one

 

I've gotta intensify my search for a car. Yours looks great.

 

Great looking finished car. Some really good work from top to bottom. Love the yellow and black contrast. Beautiful!

 

Thanks! The colors are actually yellow and brown... and the fenders are black. I believe it was a sport coupe color combo that my dad liked.

It's growing on me.

Sam

 

Lotsa FAB pics here:

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Sam...3&page=1&_suid=136979729017502548335649874477

Sam

 

Nice work Sam...looks great!

 

Me on my Schwinn... Matt near his Big Wheel... The Model A in the back ground.

1980

 

1974 right after it was finished...

 

Having fun at a Model A Ford Roundup...

Mom hanging out the window and me hanging out the rumble seat.



Sam

 

Lastly... my favorite picture.

Me standing on the running board.

1974/5... I was 4

Same yellow and brown paint... same rear rumble seat cushions...



Sam

 

that is nice looking Sam, i think your dad would approve of it..

 

Outstanding Model A. It's timeless.

 

My Uncle had a 34Chevvy roadster with a rumble that could be stowed when not required. I'm talking about the 40s/50s.
The standard rear panel rolled up to make a 'see through' and the rumble roof had all the required windows. Pretty neat!
Davo.

 

Just beautiful. I was in Modesto last week and only seen a few rods, was hoping for some like yours. Jack

 

The Coupe looks great! I started on my Pick-up back when the resto-rod was in, even with a V-6 too.

 

Sam - Congrats, very nice!

 

That's an awesome looking model a. A great story about the rumble cozy and getting the same car you rode in as a kid.


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Very Cool! Top for the rumbleseat is Awesome. Glad you found it and got it back, nice job on it!

 

Great story and car..don't let it get away again

 

You know what's ultimately bitchin' about this deal? It really keeps a LOT of your Dad's car alive AS WELL AS feeding the hot rod bug. It's funky and just fukk'n cool.

 

It gets down the road just fine despite missing a couple of slugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4WCsCQaf4s&feature=youtu.be

 

I re-jetted the carb and timed it again and got that bog out... runs real good now!

Here's a pic at last weekends' Goodguys Show... I weighed it at the Ridetech booth.

It was a porker! 2600 pounds exactly!

It had a 51.2% 48.8% weight bias... with gas in the gas tank, it would have been 50/50!!

I got the bumpers on too... looks better, I think.

Sam

 

I like it, a real sleeper. Goes to show, you don't have to chop them 8-9 inches to look good. My 2 cents.

 

The neat thing about this car is like Jeem aluded to... there is a lot of my dad in this old car.

For instance the trailer hitch.

He worked at Gallo Wine... and made it at work... out of stainless steel.

It was always painted black, but he used to say "You know that trailer hitch is stainless... I should get it polished!"

When he sold this car in 1991, he took the hitch off of it, and a lot of other parts... and put them on my grandpa's car.

Then, when I made my gradpa's car a hot rod, I tool a lot of these parts off and tucked them away.

I tried to sell this hitch... but nobody wanted it for the $40 I tried to sell it for!

But when I bought this car back in 2006... I was glad that I didn't sell it.

And... I sent it to my friend Tim Dalton's shop... The Shining... to get it polished.

Just like dad would have wanted.

 

Sweeeeeeeeeeet Hot Rod.

 

Video is great! Post some more videos as you get them!
That looks & sounds like a blast to drive!