Well, everything has to start somewhere! Someone once told me that always start with the best car you can afford to cut down on build expenses. I guess I am trying that out this time... So short story! I have wanted a 33-34 for quite a while now. I have been playing with Model A's for a while now also... The stars aligned, a nice couple bought my A coupe I had. I had found this car and put a deposit on it cause I liked that it was a solid survivor with no rust... Granted, Id love a 3 window coupe but the money is just not there yet as I build and sell and roll it all back into the new build. So maybe one day. Thankfully I found this Tudor on here, gota love the Hamb.... Paid to have it transported, as 700 bucks wouldn't cover hotel and fuel for me going to get it. This was a first for me also, buying a car sight unseen... So plans... The plan is FENDERED, little lower, right now it has roller steel wheels and tires on it, they don't look bad but I have a love for 17" and 18" wires! We shall see how that goes. But the plan is to fix alot of little tid bit things, make it a bulletproof road car. Its already got a 24 stud in it... I just picked up a sharp 2x2 intake. The rear fenders need some love, the top on the passenger side needs some massaging where the barn laid up against it. Here are the sale photos to get us started... I will have more updates and pics coming soon. Stay tuned folks!!!!
That is an excellent 34 in my mind! It has the more modern 59AB engine - and it might be recently rebuilt (looks very clean). Great start - wish it was mine! LOL
So here we are 1 week in... Alot of rewiring, and lowering the battery box to fit the taller battery and have a floor filler installed over it. If you don't know what success feels like, its pulling 8 screws out of vintage tin with an easy out successfully. Spent 1 day of working on ebrake and service brake pedals to get them to jive correctly. Then I wanted to seal the floor under the mat that will be installed or carpet to make sure it lasts. So I did a good ole Por15 topcoat on there. I had to re adjust the hinges on the drivers door, it was making contact with the inner striker plate only and the gaps were stupid tight at the rear, so bent the hinge and got it aligned where its hitting the stock wear points on the striker 100% so Id say its as good as henry did it. Few update photos... Wiring in progress, will have more on this as I am adding a 4 circuit fuse panel that fits the era under the dash. Here is the battery hold down I had to remove and rebuild the battery box structure to fit and hold down the battery in the correct location. Figured everyone needs a just for laughs but it worked.... The terminals were sticking above the floor and this box needed to be corrected asap. Floor before and after... It was 100 % scrubbed out and rust was killed before sealing as a precaution also. I had to easy out all of the trans cover bolts. You can see the new battery terminal and hold down is hanging in there now like a champ. Movement controlled in all 4 axis. Hold down good and tight. And here is how she sits in the garage just have it on wheel dollys to move around now. Its a little larger than an A for sure! Going to do my best to clean up the fenders and brush paint them. I don't want perfect, and these rear fenders are rough and 1 needs alot of work, and I am not going to use any bondo here... I honestly think I am where @HOTRODPRIMER is in life where fancy paint is overrated.... Stay tuned for more fun and goodness in week 2....
My early Ford experience consisted of 3 Model A's within a 2 year period, about a decade ago. With each one being better than the previous one. When I decided I had to have another, I was after a 30-31 Tudor. I ended up with a 32 Model B truck. No knock on Model A's, I'd buy another, but I think the B is a step up. I hope a Model B Tudor finds it's way to me sometime in the near future. You did well. Enjoy the process of getting it where you want it.
Drats... the stars aligned and I totally missed it. Well, at least you didn't. Very nice. Happy for you!
You have found yourself a great car. Carter Restorations takes some seriously damaged fenders and coaxes them back to a very presentable fender. He has a 2 car garage and does most of his body work with simple tools like a body, slapper, dolly, bullseye pick, sidergrinder and amazing patience. You can't take the names of his videos serious as many are the opposite of what he actually does. He explains what he is doing and makes it possible for somone to learn and do for themselves. Here is one example and there are a few throughout his videos on classic cars. Here is one example where the before is the completed primed fender and the after is actually what he started with. They may help with should you want to repair your fenders.
Well, mid weekend update!! Found a few brackets that need welding on fenders/ boards etc, so pulled them all off for the time being. Digging around under the hood, I saw this out of the corner of my eye... 2 bullet holes from inside the car out... Ive never seen this in that area before. So thought it was a cool thing to show off... Maybe she has some MOB ties! So kingpins were destroyed... shackle bushings were destroyed... Funny thing, one shackle bushing was replaced with a piece of pipe inside the leaf spring. So disassembly time and seeing what we have here! Front brakes pads look good, wedges etc. The wire wheel on the grinder as brutal, removing all 90 years of grease from the spindles and axle. There were some additional leafs added to the spring pack as they don't match early ford stuff at all. Comical honestly! Stay tuned for painted and repaired pics, along with some leaf spring massaging. Gota love the view!!!! Some double tap action!
Does the car have a heater?,i seem to remember reading a story one time how they used a rifle to "blast" the holes for the heater pipes?.They used a 303 rifle and a bucket of sand on the other side to catch the bullet as it went through the firewall,it was a fictional story,but i guess it would work.Electric drills were a real luxury back in the 40's i guess. Cool car you have there,good luck with it. harvey
I second Carter's channel. His humor is almost as strong as his metal shaping skills. Wow, that front end, battery install and the MSD coil/visible wiring point to going through the entire thing carefully. There were some questionable people involved in the history of that car!
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