TiredIronGRB's '30 Model A Coupe

[TiredIronGRB]

Got the rear suspension setup, it's nice to be able to roll it around now.

Picked up some Radir lugnuts and bullet centers.

Ladder bar crossmember doubles and the trans mount.

Set my mock up engine in and located the motor mounts, now to fit my pedals and such.

 

[earthman]

Passes our inspection at this point so you may proceed

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Got my intake and carbs in...also found some Corvette valve covers at the last swap meet.

 

[Got Rust?]

looks good, love the intake, but hate to have to sync the carbs., or you gonna block some off? either way, great car![P

 

[TiredIronGRB]

You can buy secondary bases for the strombergs now that don't have air/fuel mixture screws and idle screws...they seal completely when the are shut, then you use a progressive linkage.

 

[Gastrick]

Love that engine......and the rest too. Does that intake have a plenum common to all the runners? My 4X2 doesn't and I have to run my carbs with straight linkage.

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Love that engine......and the rest too.

That's my mock up block, I have an original 283 Powerpack complete down to the generator and ram horns for it.

 

[bob w]

Looks like a classic, traditional hot rod. Nothing could be finer...[cl

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Set the body on to start fabing up the steering, brake pedal and all the other little odds and ends. Here's a video of how to install the body by yourself

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Got my steering mocked up, I'm using the column, wheel and box from a '40 Ford truck. It seems to work good but I don't see many people using them. I used 3/8 plate for the mount

The steering wheel has been spray bombed but is in great shape, the column had been beat up pretty bad so I replaced the bottom half with a section from a column shift column from the '46 donor chassis.

 

[Got Rust?]

Great pictures, I'm watch"n.
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[CR55]

Really nice work TI! I'm liking the carbs and the motor.....looking good..cr

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Thanks guys, that's just my mock up block...I have a 283 Power Pack I need to pull out and get ready for the 6X2 setup, it should be a decent little engine.

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Been working on a dash, pretty simple design just rolled under the bottom edge. Going to use a speedometer from a '60 Impala (has high beam and signal indicator lamps), will probably go with some older SW gauges (two on each side of the speedometer).

 

[earthman]

Saw a model a coupe in a show many years ago here in Phoenix. The guages were set in a panel of hand tooled leather that covered the whole dash. It was elegant. Hand carved wood would be awesome as well. You have a lot of space there available for creative expression TI.

 

[SugarRay8]

I love those big old round speedometers, that’s going to look great.

 

[hotrod preacher]

looking really good TI! [cl thanks for the detailed pics of this super-cool build....

i think this is among my fav. builds and really like the old-school flair...

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Thanks for the comments guys, I'm really anxious to get this one going.

 

[TiredIronGRB]

To get my drag link at the right level I used a '48 pitman arm and added a little more bend to it.

Got the dash cut for the speedo and started framing up the floor.

Cut the manged up rear crossmember and filler panel out and began squaring up the rear fenders.

 

[Snake Farm]

Wow, been a while since I checked in on this one! Looking good[cl[cl I'm with SugarRay on the big round speedos, love it!