Enjoying my "New" Model A

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Hunterspeedandkustoms

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Just wanted to provide a quick introduction as I recently acquired a 1930 model A. I was driving a heavily modified 1935 Ford Pickup in California before selling it. Picked up my new project upon moving to Texas. Guess you could say it's a bit of a barn find car so I'm learning as I go and trying to work out all the reliability gremlins. Thanks for the moderators for hosting this page - it's invaluable. How did everyone enjoy this hobby before the internet?! ;)

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Hey Hunter, welcome to the Ford Barn.

Did you put juice brakes on the coupe? Does it have dual tail lights? Does it have turning signals? Is that a 12 volt or 6 volt alternater on the car?

It reminds me a lot of the first ’31 coupe I had. Needless to say, mine was all black, but in about the same shape.

Good luck and happy model Aing,

Mike
 
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wingski said:
Hey Hunter, welcome to the Ford Barn.

Did you put juice brakes on the coupe? Does it have dual tail lights? Does it have turning signals? Is that a 12 volt or 6 volt alternater on the car?

It reminds me a lot of the first ’31 coupe I had. Needless to say, mine was all black, but in about the same shape.

Good luck and happy model Aing,

Mike
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Still running the mechanical brakes. I had juice brakes come close to failing a couple times on my old '35 hot rod and that spooked me a bit. Going to stick with the Model A stock setup as I don't plan to drop a V8 into this coupe. The '30 has dual tailights and I have the kit for turn signals but haven't installed it yet. 6 volt alternator. Looking to keep the coupe close to stock (minus the suspension and dropped headlight bar) so right now my main goal is reliability. Fun project!
 
Hunterspeedandkustoms said:
The car was found by Stockley Kustoms in Denton Texas. Before he sold it to me he installed a drop axle up front and a model B spring in the rear. That and the big-and-littles give it a nice stance in my humble opinion!
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Looks good. We used to call that "raked" back in the late '50's with the big tires on the back.

Some guys put a Model "T" spring in the back of the Model A to drop it a couple of inches.

David Serrano
 
Hunter what size are the Biggs and how little are the littles I just love the way that car looks did you have to widen rear wheel

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Hunter what size are the Biggs and how little are the littles I just love the way that car looks did you have to widen rear wheel

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I'm running 560/15 front and 820/15 rear. Haven't pulled the back wheels since I bought it but I believe there is a spacer on the rears
 
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