Projects 1930 Model A Project

Nice looking Coupe!!! Love the stance and small channel..

 

Such a clean build so far, keep it up!

 

nice car .

 

Nice build.

But those of you who say it "takes balls to cut one up" are stupid. It doesn't take balls, it just takes something to cut metal with. Stop patting yourself on the back for cutting up a car.

You guys who assign some sort of badass status to yourself for creating a hotrod make me laugh.

This isn't directed at you BillTHX138. You're doing great work. I personally would go for an uncut car that's been lowered and hop up the four....but I'd drive yours in a heartbeat too.

 

wow, great looking build, subscribed.....

 

Yeah, I want an update!

 

great build. perfect stance.

 

car looks awesome!!
I just want to say from 1927-1931 there were 4,849,340 built. i dont think cutting up a nice one is all that terrible

 

building a fenderless hot rod is much easier than a fendered one. it takes a ton of time fitting everything, it's a lot of work prepping all the parts involved for paint, getting the doors to work, shimming the body. most people who do this sort of thing have pride in their cars, and the work is somethimes done better than it was when it was new. i think alot of us have problems with with comments being made like "chop it" or "yank the fenders!", "the meusems are full!". how do you know? you don't. it is a drag to see so many compleat cars with all the littles part it takes, and all the time it takes to finish one get reduced to another " me to" type of build. no disrespect to the man and his build in this thread. someone said "its easer to build a hot rod from a nice one", of course this is true. but i think that a true lover of cars would say "pass" on certain cars.

 

Gee, I don't know. That was a nice A while all you needed was a body.
I also love hotrods but that feels like a crime to me.

There's a reply that says the older guys are dying so who will care about restored/original cars, that statement is silly to say the least.

Most people who started hotrodding are underground already. And first of all you don't have to be old to appreciate a vintage car in it's original glory.

 

Great car! Great way to start your project. I replaced 75% of the body on my all steel roadster. I have a hell of a lot more in my roadster body than $1500.00! The subtle channeling of the body the chopped top set the tone for the rest of the car. Send more pictures.

 

They are not knocking his build but the fact of cutting up an already nice valueable car.

 

Yeah, but only 1/10 from that number were coupes.

 

You mean like a fully restored one? All of those are EXACTLY the same.

 

Thanks,

I started my build before I found this site, and cars like Shooter54 are killing me because that was how I originally wanted to build this car but got carried away. I am on the look out for another coupe to do just that. Maybe I'll have to make room in the garage for just that.....

 

Looks kick ass! Personally I think it's ok to chop original, unmolested stuff. I'd rather have something I dont have to fix before I modify it!

 

which is 484,934......Cut away.....they still aren't rare.....

 

Bob Hirohata had a 1951 Mercury cut up by the Barris brothers when the car was only ONE YEAR OLD !!

What a terrible waste of a nice car.

He should have waited until it was twenty years old, run down and rusted out, and THEN had the Barris's customize it.
Might have taken more work, and cost more money, but wouldn't be cutting up a nice nearly new car....

 

It STILL blows me away that guys are bitching about cutting up a car... on of ALL sites, this one! Maybe fordbarn.com is more suited to you "paint by numbers" kind of guys than the HAMB.

Now if someone DID cut up the original Hirohata Merc and take it back to stock THAT would be a shame! Grab the torches and pitch forks boys, we're having us a lynching!

 

very nice car keep us posted

 

VERY, VERY NICE.

¿Are you going to sport a complete HOOD? I would LOVE to see it on the car if you are...............

My '30 build is on a MODEL A frame which was customized to look like a '32. I have pretty much the same pitch from the FIREWALL forward and my frame is extended approx. 5" from the firewall forward soooo we don't exactly have the same build but close in some respects.

You are obviously way ahead of me on the build....................

LOOKS GREAT! Keep up the good work.

 

There are still plenty of swap meet A bodies available. It took about 10 seconds to locate a nice one right here on the HAMB classifieds. Patronize your fellow HAMB sellers. No need to destroy an intact original.

 

Amen miraclepeico

 

Oh no .Another Boyd C.

 

There's a lot of great stuff going on in this build. I think the car was cool how it was and how it is, just different chapters in the same story.

 

So glad you gut it up, i plan to find a restored car to start with too. great build

 

Wow! Sick build. I just came across it on that unmentionable auction site and damn I want it!!! But double damn, I'm just not in the market for it right now.

 

Up for auction?!?! Oh no Mr. Bill............say it isn't so!!!!

You're breakin' my heart here.

 

Saw that too.....It would be mine if I had the cash.

 

Find a rich relative to fund it for you. I visited with Bill when he was still in Vegas, it looks even better in person, he's lavished much attention to detail on it.