Hot Rods A - V8 Weld-In Kit - Who Makes One?

I am looking for a source for a kit or components to build an A - V8 from a stock '29 roadster. Can anybody point me in a good direction?

 

Vern Tardel

https://www.verntardel.com/store/c17/Chassis.html

 

He's pretty much sold out of everything that I'd need. Perhaps he will restock soon. Thanks!

 

Try Paul Horton then

https://welderseries.com/Engine-Mounts-c13022992

 

Nope. He's got a lot of really nice stuff but nothing to put a flathead in a stock-ish Model A. Thanks!

 

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Go to their projects page. They build stuff. Varied selections available .. off catalog, too.

https://www.millworkshotrod.com/products/av8-bolt-on-motor-mounts-ford-flathead-v8-to-model-a

 

Dave Havlir,
Havlir House of Fabrication
(904) 245-1959

I got my headers from him and have seen his AV8 kit, you should give him a call.
I think he has another kit different from this one.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...n-kit-for-your-model-a.1005352/#post-11344039

 

A second here for Dave Havlir. He makes great products and is a good guy to boot. He should everything you need.

 

So, I take it you would be looking for motor mounts, trans mount, if not stock A rear end spring hangers, shock mounts, etc, yes?
Not sure there is a package available but you certainly can source from various vendors. Millworks has the motor mounts. They are in Mass.

 

Yes, a complete package is what I am looking for. There are so many A V8's being built that somebody must have jumped on that market potential by now.

 

Ya, sorry, I am not aware of any kits being sold.

 

Call Dave Havlir he has and can fab what you may need .As said good guy.

 

A number of years back I made a few kits and was a 100% bolt in no harm kit. I had one interested customer that asked about my liability if he installed the kit wrong??? I told him I was sold out and never made another one. I wonder if this is the reason such good products from quality vendors stop making certain things.
You can source vintage parts such as a F1 or f100 center crossmember and use there brake clutch pedals and its transmission mount. You will have to trim the crossmember to fit you Model A frame . As with most kits you have to grind and gently modify parts same with using original parts as the original early hotrodders.
Plenty of original 1932 ford K members for sale and about the same cost of a reproduction. I have a article from 1954 hotrod doing a AV8 roadster and was also it was great to see a republished version by the Rodders Journal years ago.