This Ford Model A was built in the seller’s garage using a steel 1930 five-window coupe body mounted on a 1929 frame that was Z’d 9″. The body features a 6″ chop, 5.5″ of channeling, a reverse firewall, a ’32 grille, and 1937 Chrysler Airflow taillights. Power comes from a 331ci Cadillac V8 linked to a T-5 five-speed manual and a ’46 Ford truck rear end with 3.78 gears and a Model A leaf spring. The car rides on a Super Bell dropped, drilled, and chromed axle with ’46 Ford split wishbones up front and ’36 units out back, and big-and-little whitewalls and Packard wheel covers were used. The seller sourced a ’32 Ford dashboard and fitted a ’47 Chrysler cluster and a ’35 DeSoto steering wheel. Following its completion around 2010, the car was featured in Hot Rod along with other publications, and it was driven throughout California to shows. This Model A is now offered with a clean California title in the seller’s name listing the car as a 1930 Ford.
The body features a 6″ chop, 5.5″ of channeling, a reverse firewall, and a chopped Brookville ’32 grille, and it is mounted on a 1929 frame that was Z’d 9″. 1937 Chrysler Airflow taillights and BLC headlights were used along with 1937 Ford decklid handles for the doors, and the seller notes some cracks and flaws on the blue paintwork.
The car rides on a Super Bell dropped, drilled, and chromed axle with ’46 Ford split wishbones up front and ’36 units out back, and both ends have reverse-eye Model A leaf springs. The Packard wheel covers are painted a contrasting color and mounted over ’35 wire wheels, and big-and-little whitewalls are mounted along with a ’56 F-100 steering box that was chromed. The drum brakes are later Ford hydraulic units with chromed and drilled backing plates as well as a dual-circuit master cylinder.
The seller sourced a Brookville ’32 Ford dashboard and fitted a ’47 Chrysler cluster and a ’35 DeSoto steering wheel. The speedometer and fuel gauge do not work. The seller estimates they have driven the car 1,000 miles. The black vinyl tuck-and-roll upholstery is contrasted by gold fleck piping. A working clock is mounted in the rear-view mirror.
The Cadillac 331ci V8 was rebuilt by Hollywood Machine Shop in 2006, per the seller, who states hydraulic lifters, a rebuilt water pump, an Isky race camshaft, and a Mooneyes finned oil pan were used along with a Mallory dual-point distributor. It is topped by a polished Edmunds intake manifold with twin Stromberg carburetors, both from a Studebaker and modified to fit, and modified Hildebrandt aluminum valve covers were used. The chromed exhaust manifolds feed into straight pipes, and the accessories, mounts, and brackets were chromed.
The T-5 five-speed manual transmission was sourced from an S-10 and resealed in 2005, and the ’46 Ford truck rear end has 3.78 gears.
The car is titled as a 1930 Ford using VIN A2604689, which aligns with a 1929 model.