Hillbillychoppers Model A

[hillbillychopper]

hillbillychoppers Model A

Ok she is on her own two feet

 

[hillbillychopper]

Going to start pulling the motor out of my Rambler Monday to put in the Model A
Its a 231 Buick V6 with Edelbrock carb,intack and cam runs strong

 

[FlatBroke]

Hillbilliechopper,
Looks like a little bit of work, but not too much.
Keep us posted.

 

[joehalford01]

she's rolling! good work dude. now get'er running.

 

[hillbillychopper]

Got the motor out of the Rambler today
I'll have to clean it up and paint it
What do I need to cut the greese and dirt off with
I have a power washer
Will oven cleaner work

 

[Bonehead]

oven cleaner works, degreaser, and simple green work too.

 

[hillbillychopper]

Thanks bone I forgot about simply green

 

[hillbillychopper]

hillbillychoppers Model A

OK I worked on the dash and mocked up the motor
Still need to fab a trans mount
Going to need a shorter fan spacer
The headers will work for now till I make some lake style headers

 

[hillbillychopper]

I used a tube mount I bought from Speedway
It was easy to install I just bolted it to the motor and lowerd it in the car and cut it between the frame rails and then weilded the mount in in

 

[FlatBroke]

Looks like it is startin to take shape.

Good work.....

 

[hillbillychopper]

Rained out

It rained all weekend so I did not get much done
Worked on cleaning the front end for paint
Need to find a place to buy 35-37 Ford front brake parts

 

[Geech]

To see this build is the main reason I joined. Plus the fact it seemed like a great group of guys on this site helped. I sure enjoy the pics.

 

[hillbillychopper]

hillbillychoppers Model A

I got a 36 Ford front gave to me and I'll get back to work on this today so stay tuned for some updates
I plan on getting her put together this winter and then doing a tear down and paint this fall so I can be driving this summer

 

[hillbillychopper]

hillbillychoppers Model A update

OK I got the front end home and split the bones
And then I rolled it under the Model A



They cut the center out of the wheel and welded a 15 inch rim on it
The guy has driven it like this for years and it does not shimmy or wear the tires funny






Will have to weld my bungs on the bones
I'm thinking of using my Model a bones they are about 8 inches shorter
Later I'll get the rear end from the 36 and I'll use it
I like using the same rims front and back

 

[FlatBroke]

Man,
You are rockin on this build.

Excellent work.

 

[Gastrick]

Well dome HBC, if those rear wheels are modified like the fronts that you already have, you surely don't want to let them get away before you can go back and get them. I've heard of quite a few instances of people changing the hoops on wheels before. As long as the welds are good and everything is centered and squared, no problem.

 

[hillbillychopper]

wheels

I plan on getting the other wheels
He has 3 more and they are all in good shape
will get the hub caps also
I am thinking about using adapters to mount them to my rear
That will give me better brakes and gears for the hwy
And you can get S-10 parts cheep
Also i'll not have to deal with the closed drive line

 

[hillbillychopper]

Update On the Model A

Sorry its been so long on updates but I've had a lot of other work to do
Dug 9 ponds and built a road across my cousins farm
Hauled scrape iron and changed jobs

I cut the lower rear of my cab off to make patch panels and found out that I needed a sheet metal brake to bend up the patch's
So i built one for about $10 and some scrap metal


I built some legs out of 1x4 with a 2x2 welded to the bottom for legs
I had some 4" angle iron for the top that I wielded to A strap hinge that I payed $10 for at the hardware store


I wielded the hinge so both pieces of angle iron is side by side


I then put another pice of angle on top and drilled holes for bolts

 

[hillbillychopper]

More


You can clamp up to 35 inches


I wielded some old tire tools on for handels

And this is it all finished
The last are of the Model A seting out side it will be moved in and assembled this winter
And thanks to Don after my wife saw dons sons car it is going to get some paint

 

[earthman]

Lord have mercy! This thread is a classic. Thanks for including us Hillbilly. How much money do you estimate you will have in it
when you have it on the road?