Young gun from Seattle saying Hi.

[jhnarial]

Welcome aboard

[HEATNBEAT]

Welcome Matt! if you have any questons just ask away remember "no such thing as a dumb question"

[tdoty]

Welcome aboard, Matt!

As Rick said, there are no dumb questions...........but I have gotten (and likely given) some pretty dumb answers

Tim D.

[David Gardiner]

Welcome to allmetalshaping Matt. My first love is early style hot rods especially the model A. I have restored (and rodded) a few. Never managed to do one for myself though. I prefer the A over the deuce. I chopped a 31 model A about 25 years ago, there were not too many here in England then. We built it with a 24 stud flathead, Offy heads, half race cam, etc, forty brakes with Buick finned drums, 16 inch wires, it was channeled and chopped and fenderless pretty rad for England then.

Making and fitting repair sections for a model A is not too hard so it is a good beginners project.

Please post some photos of what you are starting with.

David

[rlile]

Welcome to the site!

[Matt "Hitchhiker" Field]

thanks for the welcome.

Here is what I am working on. I've only had it about a month.

It's a Late 1931 model A coupe with a 3 inch chop, no channel, original A frame, 36 front axle, 40 rear, 40 juice brakes, 1941 Flathead, 16 inch wires, BLC headlights, etc. I'm going for a 1940-1950 build period






in the garage





I got the body from a guy that had it listed funny on craigslist. Basically It was make an offer, I was the only one to come take a look. I loaded it up for really cheap. Then I found a original 31 frame with a clear vin. Then the axles, then the wheels. basically I am piecing it together out of old parts as I don't want to use much new parts.. The previous owner chopped it about 20 years ago. He didn't brace the body, The top isn't even tacked on yet. so basically I have a lot of mistakes to repair.

here is what I want it to look like when done. except maybe with the A grill and shiny black paint. think words like evil and sinister.