31 Coupe body mounts

[1931coupe]

Has anyone had success with mounts other than the wood like maybe rubber bushings? I am streetroding the car and I am going to run fenders. Thanks

 

[Tiny]

Why not use the wood mounts?

 

[1931coupe]

The guys doing the work on my car suggested going with a rubber mount but have never worked with a Model A chassis?

 

[WestCoast]

stay with the wood mounts, just look at the different configurations on the stock blocks , it would be hard to make them out of rubber

 

[Domino]

The wood mounts we have used have rubber pads between the wood and metal.

 

[1931coupe]

Thanks for the input--' I think the wood is the best way to go for me.

 

[Karl Wescott]

Yes, I have seen the results of using rubber blocks. They usually fail. The rubber will compress and extrude under the constant pressure, causing body alignment problems and loose body bolts. (The thin pads do extrude a little, but not enough to matter).

One could use an aluminum block, or fabricate a steel spacer but these do not have the vibration deadening that wood does.

A fiber filled non extruding plastic could work, but the cost and effort would be way more than the wood blocks.

 

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Once saw an old Model A body WELDED to the frame----BODY CRACKS, EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!
Bill W.