I recently inherited my grandfather's Model A. It belonged to my mom's dad originally, but the restoration was started by my dad's dad, for the last 25 years the car was in my uncle's garage with very little being done to it. I'm new to restoration, but fairly comfortable in the garage. I'm glad to have found this forum as I am going to have lots of questions as I put this car together. I'm a dental student now with limited time and money, but the car I believe is mostly complete and I don't plan on building a show car on my first effort anyway.
When Grandpa Goat owned the car originally in the 40's he changed some things- the wheels are newer and the head are newer, and probably lots mores that I haven't noticed yet...
My current plan is to get the floor boards down and then the body bolted to the frame, unless there's a better way to do it. I have a body block kit and a diagram I found showing where to mount to the frame, but the subrails have been patched and I don't know where to place holes. Does anyone have a picture of the blocks in their car? Thanks so much!
Here's the car coming out of my uncle's garage.
And here it is where I'll be working on it.
Here's the patched subrails.
And from below.
When Grandpa Goat owned the car originally in the 40's he changed some things- the wheels are newer and the head are newer, and probably lots mores that I haven't noticed yet...
My current plan is to get the floor boards down and then the body bolted to the frame, unless there's a better way to do it. I have a body block kit and a diagram I found showing where to mount to the frame, but the subrails have been patched and I don't know where to place holes. Does anyone have a picture of the blocks in their car? Thanks so much!
Here's the car coming out of my uncle's garage.
And here it is where I'll be working on it.
Here's the patched subrails.
And from below.