1931 Ford Model A Roadster Lakester Style Custom Modified Hot Rod Rat Rod on 2040-cars
Riverside, California, United States
Body Type:roadster
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:sbc
Make: Ford
Model: Model A
Warranty: none
Mileage: 99,000
Trim: minimal
Exterior Color: brwn/grn
Drive Type: old and new
Number of Cylinders: 8
Unique roadster that attracts a lot of attention.The windshield is hand made and always get questions on what it is from. Park the car with the wooden Neville (Fatman) steering wheel in the center position and look at the expression on people's faces as they try to figure out how you drive the car like that. Then of course the great response I get when they see the license plate. I tell them that it is to eliminate any confusion that the car was built by Foose. Check out the following for more info on the build of this one of a kind roadster. Body: -Closed car cowl and sedan doors, cut down and capped, '37 truck cowl vent added Roadster hinges, bear-claw latches and '32 roadster inter. door handles -Brookville RPU rear panel -Lengthened '30/'31 hood top, custom hood sides w/ '37 truck louvers -'37 truck grill shell, narrowed and chopped -White truck headlights -'33-'36 LED tail lights -Hot Rod Company 11 gal. model T tank w/ twist on cap added -Tube-frame lift off top, very lightweight, comes off in minutes Chassis: -Custom built frame from 6"x2" and 4"x2" tube -'36 X-member -Superbell front axle, posies spring, Model A split wishbone, chrome tube shocks -P&J ladder bar rear suspension, Model A rear spring and crossmember, MG hydraulic lever shocks -Factory open drive banjo rear end, 3.54:1 gears; rear end leaks, but is sound internally. -F-100 steering box -Chrome F1 front brakes -Black powdercoated 16" ford wires with Firestone 8.90 and 5.00 dirt track tires Drivetrain: -Rebuilt '283 c.i. Chevy -3x2 intake with Rochester 2GC's -S10 T5 transmission, Astro Van 11" clutch -Hydraulic slave cylinder for clutch Misc: -Hand made seats -Full floors and trans tunnel -Under dash brake and clutch M/C's (from ECI) -Brooville '32 dash, welded in, Old SW tach and Old SW speedo not hooked up, I've always just used my GPS (there is a power receptacle under the dash) -New Z-series Walker radiator And here is the full build album from start to current, over 500 shots, EVERYTHING is documented! http://www.thefidgiter.com/modified. Email any questions you may have.
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Ford-sponsored survey says a third of Brits have snapped a 'selfie' while driving [w/videos]
Fri, 08 Aug 2014Talking on the phone while driving isn't advisable, and texting while driving is downright dangerous. Considering those truths, the fact that we even need to point this out this is incredibly disturbing: taking "selfies" while behind the wheel is exceptionally stupid. But, it's a thing that a third of 18- to 24-year-old British drivers have copped to doing, according to a new study from Ford.
Ford, through its Driving Skills for Life program, surveyed 7,000 smartphone owners from across Europe, all aged between 18 and 24, and found that young British drivers were more likely to snap a selfie while behind the wheel than their counterparts in Germany, France, Romania, Italy, Spain and Belgium.
According to the study, the average selfie takes 14 seconds, which, while traveling at 60 miles per hour, is long enough to travel over the length of nearly four football fields (the Ford study uses soccer fields, but we translated it to football, because, you know, America). That's an extremely dangerous distance to not be focused on the road.
How the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor became a reality
Wed, 01 May 2013The camouflaged Ford F-150 SVT Raptor prototype captured above blazing its way across the desert during a test run left company engineers giggling in amazement, reveals Jamal Hameedi in a new Autoweek video. Ford's global performance vehicle chief engineer, accompanied by senior exterior designer Bruce Williams, sat down with the publication to discuss the concept and development of the automaker's super off-road F-150.
Designing a high-performance pickup in 2008, right when the cost of gasoline was going through the roof, seemed insane at the time, but the team pushed forward with the innovative vehicle regardless. The interview includes plenty of Ford B-roll footage as visual candy, and the conversations include discussions about exterior design, ride comfort, anti-lock brake tuning, suspension engineering, weight reduction and why it was necessary to make the Raptor visually different than Ford's standard F-150. The model's origin story is very interesting, and you can learn more about it by watching the video below.
NHTSA upgrades Ford floor mat unintended acceleration probe
Mon, 17 Dec 2012According to a Bloomberg report, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded an investigation into complaints of unintended acceleration lodged against Ford vehicles. The investigation began in June of 2010 when just three complaints had been received and it only concerned the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, but this was at a time when the phrase "unintended acceleration" made grown men go pale. With 49 additional complaints received since then, the investigation has been reclassified as an engineering analysis - the last phase before a recall - and it has been expanded to include the Lincoln MKZ, making for a total of "around 480,000" units affected between the three sedans from the 2008 to 2010 model years.
The ostensible cause is that floor mats are trapping the accelerator pedal, but according to a Ford statement at the time, the entrapment is due to owners placing the optional all-weather floor mats, or aftermarket floor mats, on top of the car's standard floor mats. NHTSA has backed up that assessment, pinning the blame on "unsecured or double stacked floor mats."
On the face of it, it would appear that NHTSA has upgraded the status not because of Ford's error, but owner error, and Ford has stated publicly that it is "disappointed" in NHTSA's move. On top of NHTSA still being skittish after that other unintended acceleration debacle, it could be seen to be taking its time investigating all of the variables: it's reported that Ford changed its accelerator pedal design in 2010, a "heel blocker" in the floorpan has been considered a potential culprit in how the floor mats could be trapping the pedal, some drivers have said the floor mats weren't anywhere near the pedal, and according to a report in the LA Times, in "a letter sent by Ford to NHTSA in August 2010, the automaker said it found three injuries and one fatality that 'may have resulted from the alleged defect.'"