1929 Ford Model A Sport Coupe Hotrod Hotrod Project (traditional) on 2040-cars
Cameron, North Carolina, United States
Great chance to get a traditional hotrod project or restoration and sell the extra parts. This is a 1929 Ford Model A Sport Coupe with clean NC title. It is currently non-running and only needs timed, fuel, and battery charged to run again. This was originally a California car, and has only suffered minor rust issues in the lower cowl panels, lower front quarter panels, and very minor on the quarter panel area next to where the rumble seat lid goes. I have started to strip the car of the bad panels: rumble seat lid (still have for patch pieces), rear buggy spring cover, and panel blow rumble seat (new panel included). All glass is intact and trim pieces still there. Water pump was rebuilt in 2011 as I used to drive this around the neighborhood....and does not leak. This is a very very solid Model A, especially for being a soft top car. I have seen hard regular coupes and sedans that are far worse off than this. It has never had the body removed, its never sat in the mud or on the ground. Great for a hotrod, ratrod, gasser, lakester, restoration, or resto-mod. Soft top cars in this condition are not easy to come by.
Traditional hotrod parts included: -The frame is from Riley Automotive in Colorado (they specialize in hot rods). It's their Double Z frame which includes: model A cross-member, adjustable transmission mount with ladderbar mounts, Ford F1 style shock and headlight mounts, vega steering box mount, pan hard mount, and has a front kick up of 4inches in the front and 8inches of kick up in the rear to give you a nice traditional stance. -The front end kit is also from Riley and is sold as the Dry Lake kit. This is a complete front end, all hardware, and all quality pieces. It has the '39 style Lincoln drum brakes (bendix), chassis engineering 4inch drop axle ('32 heavy duty style) with lightening holes. The rest of the parts are Pete & Jakes: front spring, shackles, kingpins, tie rod, panhard bar, steering arms, spindles, hubs (5x5.5), lower shock mounts, and tie rod ends. Also included is a set of split '36 or '37 wishbones that correspond to axle. (over $1900 in parts) -WWII B-25 bomber seats x2 (original) -Chrysler 331 dual quad intake (actual vintage piece) -1955 Chrysler 331 HEMI core, disassembled, complete minus oil pan and original intake manifold, also included are new valve covers with correct stamped "Firepower" and chevy water pump adapter. -WWII bomber oxygen tank (make that 2 now...no space and no need) -will throw in a 330 DeSoto HEMI core also (no space or need for it) -custom made aircraft style seatbelts, 2in wide made to look like 40's/50's military style...these cost me over $350 to have made....DOT approved - Ford F1 steering box, 1940 Ford steering wheel (needs re-boned) and column, Chrysler HEMI to chevy TH-350 transmission adapter and flywheel, *more pictures available (I do check email sites, if sent email address does not come up as clear or seems suspicious I will not send additional pictures) please inquire with further questions |
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