29 Ford Model A Show Rod

[James2]

I’ve been wanting to build a Tom Daniel’s show rod but without the expensive purchase. Soooo, I’ll build my own show rod!

Z’d frame (blocks will be shaped), chopped pickup bed and roof, crazy wheel/tire combo and a double blower Olds engine. Should be easy, right?

Edited September 6 by James2

[bill-e-boy]

If you have one use the chassis with the suicide front end from the AMT 23 T roadster or tall coupe - the chopped coupe, fruit wagon etc. The T is easy to Z

I have added a Z to the back of a 29 Chassis

 I will put up a pix of the AMT T chassis when I find it

[bill-e-boy]

I like your concept too

Found the pix I was looking for

[FoMoCo66]

Hell Yeah! I agree with bill-e-boy, a suicide front suspension would look more at home on a show rod, pretty much all of them have them (straight axle ones at least).

Edited September 7 by FoMoCo66

[James2]

Instead of a perched support, I’m doing a variation of this elliptical front suspension and drop axle. 

Edited September 7 by James2

[FoMoCo66]

I stand corrected, that's going to be way cooler and way wilder!

[James2]

Stance is now set, axle brackets to follow. I should mock up the dragster axle shouldn’t I?

[OldNYJim]

This is gonna be wild!  Following!

[customline]

All righty!  Quarter eliptic springs out front? You don't see that very often. Cool idea, Rooster!  How we gonna dampen the bounce? Knee actions? I'm following 🙂

[James2]

1 hour ago, customline said:

All righty!  Quarter eliptic springs out front? You don't see that very often. Cool idea, Rooster!  How we gonna dampen the bounce? Knee actions? I'm following 🙂

If you look at the Street Rodder pic, there are what appear to be threaded bolt holes at the ends of the frame to do that.

[customline]

6 minutes ago, James2 said:

If you look at the Street Rodder pic, there are what appear to be threaded bolt holes at the ends of the frame to do that.

Possibly.  maybe the arms are torsional? 

[customline]

Here's how one guy did it 😯