full fendered 30 A on 32 chassis? Been done?

I am a newbie when it comes to model A's. I have built fat fenders and a 56 ford truck, but no experience with the A's.

I recently bought a 30 2dr sedan. It is on a stock frame with all the stock stuff, engine, trans, etc. It does run and stop, I am going to remove the body and then sell the running chassis.

My first reaction to seeing a bare 32 chassis and a bare 30 chassis is the extra room the 32 affords. I have seen in my searches that a model A highboy on 32 chassis is done all the time. My question is that I would like to keep it full fendered. Can it be done and look right? I don't have the skills to channel the tudor so it would sit on the chassis's top railing. Would a Z on chassis help with the look and lower the car?

I hope these questions don't cause a bedlum of hysterics on someones part, just want to get a plan going.

Thanks, Gary

 

Why? If your plan is to go full fendered, keep the A on the A chassis.

 

It's been done but it takes a lot of fitting and fabrication you will most likely have to use '32 Front fenders and running boards along with the '32 frame.

Nothing wrong with a full fendered Model A. HRP

 

Stretched fenders,stretched hood, splash aprons, the list goes on and on due to increased wheelbase of the '32 frame.....

 

Use a model A frame. Why would you want to hide the pretty 32 frame with fenders. Just cut up the A frame where you need to.

 

^^^^^^ what they said

 

okay, sounds like the consensus is using a model a chassis. Thanks

 

It's pretty much all been said already ... but here's my version of what others have already touched on. First of all, the `32 chassis is 3" longer than a Model A -- that's good in some respects -- it means a bit more room as you noted -- but it means that Model A hood, fenders, splash aprons, etc., aren't going to fit. That will either necessitate modifying (lengthening) them, or replacing them with pricier `32 units that are gonna require some modification of their own to work with the Model A body. While it certainly can be done ... it's gonna involve a bunch of work and a bunch of expense. Is that really what you want?

Secondly, the coolest part of the `32 chassis is the reveal in the side rails. With a full-fendered Model A, that would wind up being covered by the splash apron so the coolness ls lost.

Finally there's the kickup in the rear of the `32 chassis which becomes an issue for a flat-bottomed Model A body. More work, more expense... And there's lots more little stuff but hopefully you're seeing some of the difficulties (most of which don't apply to a hiboy styled build). I've only elaborated on some ideas that others have already pointed to. If you're a full-fendered kinda guy ... and I L-O-V-E a full-fendered Model A ... then you're much better off to use the Model A frame.

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just because the 32 frame has "extra room" doesn't mean you're going to have any inside the car body. There is really no good reason for using a deuce frame under a full-fendered Model A vehicle, and many reasons to avoid all the headaches such a swap would entail.