'30 model A coupe

[Mr. Metallic]

Very well done mods, but we've come to expect nothing less from your bench. Keep it rolling.

[Speedpro]

On 4/29/2025 at 3:52 AM, bill-e-boy said:

This move is very radical. May need some time to let it grow on me. Normally a chop will give the effect of longer doors but both is like I said radical especially with the wedge section.

Suicide doors?? blue tinted windows, white interior, loud colour like a bright bright metallic (or pearl) blue and an Ardun with modern injectors - lets start dreaming. I saw somewhere an Ardunised Lincoln V12 - will that fit?

Bill, you said a word I never thought I would hear in a comment about the mods that I am putting this '30 through. If you look up the word "Radical" one of the definitions say "Very different from the usual". And different is what I'm aiming for. At times I have to let things grow on me also. 

Thanks for the ideas! You just had to throw in the Suicide door thing didn't ya! It was never in the plans but plans change. I am getting closer to choosing colors though.

Thanks for following along

 

[Speedpro]

On 4/29/2025 at 6:05 AM, Kit Karson said:

Absolutely stunning, Brother! Once thought to be a very basic Model A body this has morphed into a custom coach works modified Town Coupé. When finished I wonder how many will be able to detail the true number changes that have been incorporated into this masterfully engineered hot rod!?. -KK

Thanks Brother! Without some of the very in depth conversations we have had, it would have never made it to this point. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Speedpro]

On 4/30/2025 at 5:32 AM, Zippi said:

I'm really liking this build.  Going to be a nice looking little Hot Rod.

Thanks Bob! 

21 hours ago, Mr. Metallic said:

Very well done mods, but we've come to expect nothing less from your bench. Keep it rolling.

Thank You Craig, Appreciate you checking out the build. 

[bill-e-boy]

On 5/2/2025 at 4:27 AM, Speedpro said:

ill, you said a word I never thought I would hear in a comment about the mods that I am putting this '30 through. If you look up the word "Radical" one of the definitions say "Very different from the usual". And different is what I'm aiming for. At times I have to let things grow on me also. 

Wel it is "radical" and I am glad that the meaning fits. Thought long and hard before I started with "suicide doors"😁

Look forward to seeing some colour

[Kit Karson]

On 5/1/2025 at 12:50 PM, Speedpro said:

Thanks Brother! Without some of the very in depth conversations we have had, it would have never made it to this point. Thanks for the inspiration.

Collaboration is the key that unlocks the hidden beauty found just below the skin of every potential kustom build, Brother! -KK

[Speedpro]

In this update, I did some more chopping on the '30. This time, it is in the suspension that needed to loose a couple inches. I figured that a 4-5 inch drop up front and lets say 3 inch in the rear would get it close to what my eye wants to see. The most important part that I want to keep its factory position is the radiator. There is no reason to mess with the way it mounts. Just need to shorten the grill shell. The rad and the shell were taped together and cut. The hight the radiator needed to be was determined, cut, sanded and everything glued back together. This will mount in the stock location with no other changes made.

 

 

With the radiator out of the way, I can do the front end drop. 

Here is how I dropped the front on the '30. In the first pic I wanted to pinpoint the rad mounts with the red arrows. We want to leave those alone. A line was drawn across the cross member. This is the cut line. You can see that the line is right at the radiator mounting notches. Everything behind the line is removed to make room for the new cross member. 

 

The new cross member is going to be mounted level with top of the frame. It's location will be determined by the width of the leaf spring. Need a nice snug fit between the rad mount and the new cross member. Made up the cross member with some evergreen sheet and installed it using the front axle as a helper.

 

 

One leaf was removed from the front axle. To get the leaf spring to touch the new cross member, notches had to be filed into the frame for a relief for the spring. A location pin was added back to the top of the spring. Might have got 5 inch drop out of this mod.

 

The front axle is getting striped of it's chrome as are the rest of the front end parts. Down the road, I get to shorten the shocks also. Happy with how the front came out. Still get to do the rear. Its super simple back there. More to come.

Thanks for looking and appreciate your comments.