Flyboy Dave
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Joined: 3/20/2002
From: San Bernardino County,
CA, USA
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Pretty nice car, huh ? I guess you might be thinking....what the heck
are you gonna do that nice car....looks fine to me, just the way it is.
Well, as a matter of fact....appearence wise the car is sound. In fact
it turns out to be "crazy sound", because there's not any rust....inside
or out, and not a drop of Bondo. It's all steel and all original (except for
the running gear) and is still registerred as a 1930 Ford. I don't know
where this car has been for the last 75 years. All the old cars that have
not been kept-up, or restored....rusted into the ground 50 years ago !
First off....let me tell what I kinda had planned for the car....in one of
those...."one of these days" kind of planning. These Model A's came right
after the Model T's....and were built with wooden floor boards, and a wood
firewall. They make kits, with sheet metal parts to replace the wood, but
it's a major job to tear the car down, and weld in the metal stuff....but that
was a major dream modification.
More in reality, I wanted to change out the rear end. For one thing, it was
geared too low....and the guys who put the rear end in the car....must have
learned to weld as they went....it was a mess....I mean really bad. It's a
wonder the rear end didn't fall out on the ground. I also wanted to do
something with the brakes, they weren't very good. The steering was real
hard....I didn't know what could be done about that.
I did know that putting power steering on....would entail using a Saginaw box,
a pump, and the rest of the stuff. But the frame is so skinny....it didn't look like
there was room enough to mount the bracket, to mount the steering box.
Power steering was a "dream mod".
Model A's have buggy springs front and rear....which means the car if fastened
to, and suspended in the middle of the car. They lean a whole lot when you
turn a corner....and they always end up leaning to the left, with no one in the car
....known as "the fat mans lean". I sure didn't like that leaning business....but
what to do about that ?
So mainly it was improve the steering, the gearing, the handling, and the brakes.
Sounds reasonable....doesn't it ? 
(to be continued)
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