Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Got this finished up... Going on the trailer for a future build I'm gonna be doing... Built like a car in an abandoned field or barn for sale that's seen better days, but someone might buy to use as a base for a rat rod or parts...
1 bad55 stan Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Thats super cool,i like what you have done with this build!
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 12, 2014 Author Posted June 12, 2014 Thanks guys... It was either sit in the box for another few years or this... Lol
Ridge Rider Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Would you take $2500, it needs a little work? Nice job with the weathering, someday I want to start experimenting with that and hope it looks as nice. I just seem to have too many shiny ones in the works.
slusher Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Very cool and nice junker James. Great weathering..
Chuck Most Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Looks like the '30 my grandfather has in his shed. He's restored seven or eight other Model As in the 40 years he's had that one, but for whatever reason, that one just sits there.
Maxicoop Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Ya, I'm thinkin' someone will buy that at full price ........ they're getting harder and harder to find ....LOL awesome job of weathering I would like to try that someday I just have to decide which one is going to be left in the field to get weathered...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 13, 2014 Author Posted June 13, 2014 Thanks guys.. I really do appreciate the good comments on my weathering... I know there are others who can do ten times better than me, but I'm happy with how mine comes out, but always eager to learn more...
om617 Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Very nice. I would stop and take a look if this was on the side of the road.
62rebel Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 i hate to be the wet blanket guy but A's had a fabric insert in the roof from the front to the very edge of the "roll" at the rear and across the center from a similar point. even a "filled-roof" A would show a different wear pattern from the original sheet metal along the edges where the metal was welded or brazed in.... great weathering, nonetheless.
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 13, 2014 Author Posted June 13, 2014 Oh ok... Thanks... Didn't know that
62rebel Posted June 14, 2014 Posted June 14, 2014 my Dad restored them when i was a kid and some of my earliest memories are watching him work on stuff that looked very much like your model.... i honed my reading skills by reading Clymer restoration handbooks! most A's gone that "bad" would suffer stress cracks along the edge of the front fender where the brace went underneath, along the door beltline near the middle of the window, failed joints where the running boards attached to the fender and splash aprons, and often some sort of roof damage that would destroy the canvas top exposing the cotton batting and chicken wire stuffing and the wood battens to the weather. all of the exposed wood would turn grey as it deteriorated. their rear fenders were seldom untouched by damage of some type, as the rear bumpers offered little protection. usually the back edge would be stoved in pretty badly on such a "field car" as yours...
DeeCee Posted June 14, 2014 Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) Nice work mate, looks like rubish, which is a good thing in this instance. Edited June 14, 2014 by DeeCee
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 14, 2014 Author Posted June 14, 2014 my Dad restored them when i was a kid and some of my earliest memories are watching him work on stuff that looked very much like your model.... i honed my reading skills by reading Clymer restoration handbooks! most A's gone that "bad" would suffer stress cracks along the edge of the front fender where the brace went underneath, along the door beltline near the middle of the window, failed joints where the running boards attached to the fender and splash aprons, and often some sort of roof damage that would destroy the canvas top exposing the cotton batting and chicken wire stuffing and the wood battens to the weather. all of the exposed wood would turn grey as it deteriorated. their rear fenders were seldom untouched by damage of some type, as the rear bumpers offered little protection. usually the back edge would be stoved in pretty badly on such a "field car" as yours... Oh cool... See , I didn't know all that... I'm still learning as much as I can on weathering... I appreciate any advice or criticism ... Thank you bro... Nice work mate, looks like rubish, which is a good thing in this instance. Thank you Dale... I appreciate it...
Tom Geiger Posted June 14, 2014 Posted June 14, 2014 Very cool model which stirred up this memory for me: Back in 2002 a guy I worked with had to clean out the property of his late uncle. He told me there was a Model T that had been in the garage for 60 years and I was welcome to it for free. So I got my tail down to the property, a two hour drive and this is what I found... It wasn't a T at all, but a Model A that looked like his uncle had it sitting out in the yard for 50 years and recently pushed it inside. I had no use for it, but you don't turn down a free Model A. Certainly a case where you take it and figure out what to do with it later! So I started to arrange transport, and then I got the dreaded news. His cousins thought the car was gold... how much would I pay for it?? Well, I didn't want it in the first place, so I declined to make an offer. Especially since one cousin thought it was worth $10 grand. So I walked. In the end, they had a race with the sold property's closing date but did get a few grand out of it. Oh well! More photos at the link... http://public.fotki.com/ModelCitizen/11_car_reference_library/the_free_model_t/
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 14, 2014 Author Posted June 14, 2014 Very cool model which stirred up this memory for me: Back in 2002 a guy I worked with had to clean out the property of his late uncle. He told me there was a Model T that had been in the garage for 60 years and I was welcome to it for free. So I got my tail down to the property, a two hour drive and this is what I found... It wasn't a T at all, but a Model A that looked like his uncle had it sitting out in the yard for 50 years and recently pushed it inside. I had no use for it, but you don't turn down a free Model A. Certainly a case where you take it and figure out what to do with it later! So I started to arrange transport, and then I got the dreaded news. His cousins thought the car was gold... how much would I pay for it?? Well, I didn't want it in the first place, so I declined to make an offer. Especially since one cousin thought it was worth $10 grand. So I walked. In the end, they had a race with the sold property's closing date but did get a few grand out of it. Oh well! More photos at the link... http://public.fotki.com/ModelCitizen/11_car_reference_library/the_free_model_t/ Oh man that's cool! I love it!
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