My new toy! 56k Beware

[Skidzz]

So, as I stated in a previous post, I finally graduated college. At the graduation, my grandpa didn't have a gift for me. He said "You'll have to wait until you come to the house in Kentucky for Christmas." So, I went there for a couple of days, and the first night I was there, he called me into his personal office to talk.


After a long conversation, I found out that THIS was his graduation gift to me...

An all original 1930 Model A. 78495 original miles. I'm keeping it in his garage for now though, until I have a different place with a well-built garage of my own. The only thing it needs to run is a battery, but it hasn't been started since 1998, so I will be rebuilding and cleaning up the engine, as well as replacing any seals, since seals tend to wear out pretty quickly in Model A's. Other than than, it's perfect. The body is in perfect shape with all the original parts. Not a single dent on the car and absolutely NO BONDO. I can't wait to get started on this thing!

 

[gsjohnson]

Very Cool!!! You need to pass it on to your kid in the same manner.

 

[ErikTheBeast]

Pretty sweet piece of history , so im taking this used to be his ?

 

[Skidzz]

Oh I plan to! IF I have kids, that is. This car will NEVER be sold. It's my new baby. I've drooled over it for years and now it's mine. It will be fixed up (what little it NEEDS fixed still) and I will be entering many car shows. My grandpa never had time to do that. Haha, it's funny. He was sitting there talking about how much the car might be worth and I just said "Grandpa, I don't care if it's worth $5 or $50,000, because I will NEVER sell it anyway." But, of course, THAT'S why he gave it to me instead of one of the other 3 grandsons: He knows I will appreciate it the most.

 

[Skidzz]

Pretty sweet piece of history , so im taking this used to be his ?

Yes. My grandpa bought it back in '85.

 

[deftsound]

holy crap id be scared to touch it

 

[Orange...]

wow!!! very nice, I like that!!!

 

[Shiroelex]

That's awesome! A neighbor of ours at my garage has a 20s Chevy just like that that he let me drive. It had manual timing that you have to advance as you accelerate, and let me tell you, that was crazy.

 

[BennyBlown2v]

That car is 100% baller! Congrats, that's an awesome gift.

 

[Skidzz]

Thanks guys! Yea, this car has manual timing also. It's going to be tough to get the hang of

 

[ACSPONY]

Awesome present

 

['13_ImpactBlue_GT]

So, as I stated in a previous post, I finally graduated college. At the graduation, my grandpa didn't have a gift for me. He said "You'll have to wait until you come to the house in Kentucky for Christmas." So, I went there for a couple of days, and the first night I was there, he called me into his personal office to talk.


After a long conversation, I found out that THIS was his graduation gift to me...

An all original 1930 Model A. 78495 original miles. I'm keeping it in his garage for now though, until I have a different place with a well-built garage of my own. The only thing it needs to run is a battery, but it hasn't been started since 1998, so I will be rebuilding and cleaning up the engine, as well as replacing any seals, since seals tend to wear out pretty quickly in Model A's. Other than than, it's perfect. The body is in perfect shape with all the original parts. Not a single dent on the car and absolutely NO BONDO. I can't wait to get started on this thing!

My grandmother (who is 94 or 95) still has hers, although nowhere near in as good a shape as yours, I want to say its a 1925-1927 model. Tell ya something funny about hers: She got her drivers liscense at 13 eek: ) and she broke her arm trying to crank start the damn thing .

 

[forum155pl]

very nice.. the progects that dont take a whole buttload of cash and are more labor intensive are the best.. you appreciate it more that way

 

[Destroyer442]

So, as I stated in a previous post, I finally graduated college. At the graduation, my grandpa didn't have a gift for me. He said "You'll have to wait until you come to the house in Kentucky for Christmas." So, I went there for a couple of days, and the first night I was there, he called me into his personal office to talk.


After a long conversation, I found out that THIS was his graduation gift to me...

Nice but I would have been pissed!. I'd be like "oh you couldn't have had a Boss 429 or Yenko Chevelle or a Hemi Cuda right?. Had to be different from everyone else and have this huh?.". LOL, good luck with it!.

 

[DBMSTNG]

when are you gonna put a Kenne Bell on it?

3.73's or 4.10's?

 

[Skidzz]

when are you gonna put a Kenne Bell on it?

3.73's or 4.10's?

Haha...I was thinking of a 500mm turbo with 52# of boost and some 6.19's, actually. Oh, and a flux capacitor.

 

[1Phat5Liter]

Badass collector car right there.... Nice.

Take care of her!

 

[the98stang]

damn that thing is clean! worth every bit of 30 grand. Actually...it's priceless. Take good care of her!

 

[tomustang]

when are you gonna put a Kenne Bell on it?

3.73's or 4.10's?

20" spinnas

 

[steedastangt]

My dad used to have a 26 A. I helped him on it a little. A tip that will help out in the future:

The canister looking thing mounted to the firewall is a water/gas separator. Go buy one used in marine applications! The stock replacements just dont do the job. Water an junk caused my dads to run terrible. Once we put the heavy duty marine one in problems were gone.

Like everyone said before the spark and fuel adjustments are pretty cool but in actuallity they are used for starting and warming up the car rather than performance. As you can imagine fuel is 100% during a cold start and timing is on the low side.

Keep that flat 4 in there. I get sick of seeing these chopped to pieces to hot rod!

Have fun,

Matt