YES all the fenders on - Not chopped. Looks like it has a tight steering box. First time here . Think I just Had to put my tongue back in after seeing The SuperVan. I'll Have another someday.Mine wasn't quite that custom but it was BadAss and it hauled for a lot of Rock-n-Roll gigs all over the midwest.I named her Diane
I meant the steering looks good.Maybe its the Low Miles but most I've seen are LOOSE .Van name is very fitting !Do a pc. on it I'd love to see the inside and the whole kit.@@Seattle_Speed_Shop
Watching you driving it was great, yer having enough fun for both of us. Agreed no chop, prewar cabs already small although I really like the low roof on the Bentley David Tenant drives in 'Good Omens'. Keep wonderful swoopy fenders, yup I drive Seattle and they look better anyway. Keep big headlights with new bulbs, yup. Lowered, yup, not running over dead horses anymore. I have two pre-wars and glad I focused on making them good drivers which makes them keepers, radicals gather dust and not kept or driven.
I love the model A I worked at a restoration shop in the mid 80s I'm a painter by trade although all the car I did paint and body work on at that shop were all bone stock but it helped me get my foot in the door to work for a guy who had a few street rods I helped him with 1 40 Ford coupes a 35 sedan we chopped 4 inches and I put a van rib roof in where the soft top was also I did a 34 Ford coupe and 39 Plymouth coupe for him also.i always wanted a model A I love the look of that one with the steel wheels and yes a V8 swap would be nice and chopping it would be cool but I would love to leave it as is as fat as looks and put a rear end in it and box the frame and put a V8 in it or even a 4.3 chevy vortex that Lil V6 would push that car fine and would fit with plenty of room to work on it .I'm new I just subscribed and I love this channel so far. RICK427
Matt love the channel. My name is Carlos. I‘ve built a 55 ford f-100 , a few c10 pickups , 32 glass roadster that turned into a glass three window coupe. Glass was cheap and available at the time and budget. I always have ran some what modern engine 350 and 350 trans. Steel and traditional was always the look I wanted to achiever. A episode that explains a new entry into traditional vehicle, banger or flat head engine and pointers would be awesome. Thanks Matt purchasing merch to rep your shop in Tucson Az this car show season. 👍🏽Keep up the informative and entertaining content.
If- and that’s a big if- he desperately needs it chopped, don’t do more than 1 3/4”! Just enought to make people go “Yeah… no, it’s not… or is it?”. 😀 There were an early A tudor here back in the days, chopped 1,5”, made me buy mine- sadly, it got sold to Finland. And no- if he needed a V8 car, he’d be better of buying a beat up cop Crown Vic… or, wait… no, skratch that! Convert all your cars to SBwhogivesatoss, and export those vint speed pieces to me! 😆 Really looking forward to the next one on this with those duals- looks like X’s? 😀
Maybe a bit contrarian but I vote for the chop. Maybe about 3.5". Nothing too radical but enough to give it some attitude. I think it will look better and work well with the stance you've got on it now, which looks great.
Yes on the chop. There are 100s of thousands not chopped so why not! Curious why you wouldn’t reuse the Pertronix unit? Will it not work in the B distributor? I Just got my first 31’ A coupe. All stock… for the moment! Thanks for the great content. It’s been a big help. I’ve had 25+ ford muscle cars and trucks over the years but the Model A is new territory for me.
Totally love the stance on that coupe! How much drop on the front axle? Is it a Model A axle, or a later one? Subscribed, you are hot rodding the right way!
A Chop --------- I don't know ----- the car looks --- Pretty Good --- just sitting there ----- you have the --- Big and Littles on it that makes a Big difference in looks alone -------- I could go either way --- but --- it does look good as is -------- The black paint makes it look good too ---- just enough Patina ---- one thing that would make it look better ---- if he isn't going to put a tire in the Wheel Wells --- I'd probably patch or replace the fenders -------- Will have to see what difference a dual carb. up draft intake makes --- should be interesting --------- Do you or any of your friends have or know of a '38 Ford Hood for a Coupe? -------- You are a few hours away ---- Glad they changed the forecast ------ wasn't really looking for a 90- degree weekend ----- Let me know on the Hood ------ See you on your next one ------ Rodney
@@Seattle_Speed_Shop Thanks Matt ----- That's all I can ask for ---- to ask those that might be close to me ---- that might be my best bet in finding one ---------- Have a Good Weekend --- Rodney
No haircut. You would be ruining a classic survivor model A they are far too precious and few to be chopped up. Enough of them were lost to that fate by teenagers in the 1950’s. They were just considered junk/ jalopies back then but now in their 90’s nearing 100 years old they are classics well worth preserving. 👨🏻🦳👍
Working on a dropped axle jig for myself for a future video. I've used a handful of the guys across the country to drop them in the past. I won't use aftermarket axles.
You’re really getting me interested in these rigs. I just sent you a pic of one I’m looking at. Realy don’t know much out it other then the price. Is the price “ouch or “ok, let’s do this”.
2 questions. 1, why change distributor from an electronic ignition to a points ignition, even though the points one came from a model B ? 2, These engines were invented way before the torque wrench. There was no specific torque for the head on old cars. So why torque instead of tightening down tight ?
1) A distributor while electronic, still uses the hand ignition advance on the column to control the ignition timing. As the engine revs higher, it does not advance the timing. The model B has centrifugal advance that does so automatically as the engine revs. It's much more accurate than using the old model A style which you must advance by hand. 2) a torque converter is a mechanical device used in automatic transmissions and has nothing to do with applied mechanical torque on a head or anything else really. . Concerning torqueing the head, When installing a head or anything really that needs accurate attention, it's best to have even clamping pressure across the surface. We do 3 heating/cooling and torque cycles in the head as with a new gasket they tend to compress a little over several heating cycles. I use a torque wrench because accuracy is always better. Just because they didn't do it that way when new, doesn't mean it's not a superior technique to use now. With how much easier it is to blow headgaskets with flatheads, using a torque wrench keeps things even across the board.
@@Seattle_Speed_Shop Thanks. That explains why. I wondered why you went from electronic to points. :). I did mean torque wrench, but convertor came into my mind. lol. But understandable to tighten down properly. The reason I commented that is because, many years ago, I had an Austin Mini and the head gasket had blown, I bought a head gasket kit from the auto shop and asked what the torque was for the head bolts and they man behind hte counter laughed at me and said those engines were before the torque wrench and the heads were just tightened down tight. Now though I take it as a joke. But I did torque hte head down to the correct torque settings. It is great seeing someone young and having a great knowlege of the old cars.
@jeromebreeding3302 I have Mallory distributors as well. They, in fact, came in single and dual point. I don't find them to be "far superior" than a B. On top of the price difference for them, the Mallory distributors are getting very hard to find replacement parts for and are much rarer than B distributors. Not saying that they are bad or that I dislike them. Just some of the reason for going with the B was availability and price. Thanks for the comment!
I thought you are supposed to change the timing cover because the b has a retarded ignition curve where the A was 0° I sm asking because I am literally going through this right now with a Model A engine. I bought the engine a few weeks ago and then I bought a Model B distributor for it.
Hey sorry I didn't see this sooner. You definitely should. I usually time by ear and "feel" which I know isn't helpful for a lot of guys that want to put a number on things.
No Chop!! Looks awesome like it is!!
Thanks!
Cool looking little coupe. Personally, kind of like this one with no chop. It reminds me of what I started with back in the day.
Right on! I think general consensus is leaning unchopped.
YES all the fenders on - Not chopped.
Looks like it has a tight steering box.
First time here . Think I just Had to put my tongue back in after seeing The SuperVan. I'll Have another someday.Mine wasn't quite that custom but it was BadAss and it hauled for a lot of Rock-n-Roll gigs all over the midwest.I named her Diane
Yeah. Gonna take a look at that steering next.
The van is named Econoslime. Should probably do some videos on it. Thanks for watching!
I meant the steering looks good.Maybe its the Low Miles but most I've seen are LOOSE .Van name is very fitting !Do a pc. on it I'd love to see the inside and the whole kit.@@Seattle_Speed_Shop
Watching you driving it was great, yer having enough fun for both of us. Agreed no chop, prewar cabs already small although I really like the low roof on the Bentley David Tenant drives in 'Good Omens'. Keep wonderful swoopy fenders, yup I drive Seattle and they look better anyway. Keep big headlights with new bulbs, yup. Lowered, yup, not running over dead horses anymore. I have two pre-wars and glad I focused on making them good drivers which makes them keepers, radicals gather dust and not kept or driven.
That is a very good point. If you don't like to drive a car...what's the fun in that?!
I would leave it also like it is great car Nice Patina 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Cool, thanks!
The HAMB sent me here, great videos I really enjoyed this one
Welcome aboard! And thanks for watching!
Thanks for the kind words on our spring!
Of course! Thanks for making great parts for hot rods! Hopefully we'll get to try out some of your other parts in the future.
Chopping is so common nowadays. The way it is set up now looks awesome performance and handling is all that should be done to the old girl.
NO CHOP
Great looking model A .Looks like it still has it stock paint .
It's got the look! It's actually new paint. It was a terrible purple color. Thanks for watching!
YT is helping you out - directed me to your channel, probs lay due to ,e following other Model A and T content. Anyhow, I’m now a subscriber.
Thanks for that!
I love the model A I worked at a restoration shop in the mid 80s I'm a painter by trade although all the car I did paint and body work on at that shop were all bone stock but it helped me get my foot in the door to work for a guy who had a few street rods I helped him with 1 40 Ford coupes a 35 sedan we chopped 4 inches and I put a van rib roof in where the soft top was also I did a 34 Ford coupe and 39 Plymouth coupe for him also.i always wanted a model A I love the look of that one with the steel wheels and yes a V8 swap would be nice and chopping it would be cool but I would love to leave it as is as fat as looks and put a rear end in it and box the frame and put a V8 in it or even a 4.3 chevy vortex that Lil V6 would push that car fine and would fit with plenty of room to work on it .I'm new I just subscribed and I love this channel so far. RICK427
Welcome aboard! We'll see what the owner wants to do with it engine wise.
Matt love the channel. My name is Carlos. I‘ve built a 55 ford f-100 , a few c10 pickups , 32 glass roadster that turned into a glass three window coupe. Glass was cheap and available at the time and budget. I always have ran some what modern engine 350 and 350 trans. Steel and traditional was always the look I wanted to achiever. A episode that explains a new entry into traditional vehicle, banger or flat head engine and pointers would be awesome. Thanks Matt purchasing merch to rep your shop in Tucson Az this car show season. 👍🏽Keep up the informative and entertaining content.
Great Idea! I'll work on that vid! Thanks for watching!
I've got basically the same car,only 2-3/4 chop and flathead,3spd and 38 Ford rear
Sounds perfect!
Hope you leave it tall.
If- and that’s a big if- he desperately needs it chopped, don’t do more than 1 3/4”! Just enought to make people go “Yeah… no, it’s not… or is it?”. 😀
There were an early A tudor here back in the days, chopped 1,5”, made me buy mine- sadly, it got sold to Finland.
And no- if he needed a V8 car, he’d be better of buying a beat up cop Crown Vic… or, wait… no, skratch that! Convert all your cars to SBwhogivesatoss, and export those vint speed pieces to me! 😆
Really looking forward to the next one on this with those duals- looks like X’s? 😀
Exactly what I was thinking
So cool, thanks for sharing this great video. Don’t chop . It looked good like it is.
Flat head v8 ?
Thanks for watching!
Maybe a bit contrarian but I vote for the chop. Maybe about 3.5". Nothing too radical but enough to give it some attitude. I think it will look better and work well with the stance you've got on it now, which looks great.
Sounds like it's only you and me there. If we don't chop this one. I'll find another to do.
Yes on the chop. There are 100s of thousands not chopped so why not! Curious why you wouldn’t reuse the Pertronix unit? Will it not work in the B distributor? I Just got my first 31’ A coupe. All stock… for the moment! Thanks for the great content. It’s been a big help. I’ve had 25+ ford muscle cars and trucks over the years but the Model A is new territory for me.
I ditched the Pertronix because we wanted a distributor with some advance.
Don't chop that top dude. Looks great as is. Just get it streetable and maybe some decent paint. Many miles of fun with this thing.
Appreciate the comment! Thanks!
You are welcome.
Thanks for turning down the volume on the intro! Great video!
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Great car man !
Totally love the stance on that coupe! How much drop on the front axle? Is it a Model A axle, or a later one? Subscribed, you are hot rodding the right way!
It's a model A axle. It's 3 inch over stock, 4 inch total. Equivalent to the 4 inch aftermarket axles. Thanks for the compliment and for watching!
@@Seattle_Speed_Shop Thanks for the reply. I've watched several other videos, will watch all of them this week. I like how you do your modifications.
Now we know why Grandpa bought the 64 Buick wildcat....
A Chop --------- I don't know ----- the car looks --- Pretty Good --- just sitting there ----- you have the --- Big and Littles on it that makes a Big difference in looks alone -------- I could go either way --- but --- it does look good as is -------- The black paint makes it look good too ---- just enough Patina ---- one thing that would make it look better ---- if he isn't going to put a tire in the Wheel Wells --- I'd probably patch or replace the fenders -------- Will have to see what difference a dual carb. up draft intake makes --- should be interesting --------- Do you or any of your friends have or know of a '38 Ford Hood for a Coupe? -------- You are a few hours away ---- Glad they changed the forecast ------ wasn't really looking for a 90- degree weekend ----- Let me know on the Hood ------ See you on your next one ------ Rodney
Really, had enough hot days in Seattle so I turned the sun back down, yer welcome.
I'll ask around about that hood! Thanks for watching!
@@Seattle_Speed_Shop Thanks Matt ----- That's all I can ask for ---- to ask those that might be close to me ---- that might be my best bet in finding one ---------- Have a Good Weekend --- Rodney
Are you in England? It looks like you're driving on the left side of the road. Work on double clutch technique. 😊
No haircut. You would be ruining a classic survivor model A they are far too precious and few to be chopped up. Enough of them were lost to that fate by teenagers in the 1950’s. They were just considered junk/ jalopies back then but now in their 90’s nearing 100 years old they are classics well worth preserving. 👨🏻🦳👍
Full fender ,no chop!
Come on Doug for sure chop it :0 i mean it looks good, but a slight haircut would be bada$$!
100%
Car looks real good ...not sure about those hub caps looks better without...to me..
The owner likes it without too.
Do you drop your own axles, cold set them, or buy them already done?
Working on a dropped axle jig for myself for a future video. I've used a handful of the guys across the country to drop them in the past. I won't use aftermarket axles.
@@Seattle_Speed_Shop that would be very interesting to see.
Interested in selling the 29?
You’re really getting me interested in these rigs. I just sent you a pic of one I’m looking at. Realy don’t know much out it other then the price. Is the price “ouch or “ok, let’s do this”.
The pickups? Responded back.
@@Seattle_Speed_Shop sorry, I sent an email to your gmail Thursday the 7th. Referencing to model A truck I am interested in.
2 questions.
1, why change distributor from an electronic ignition to a points ignition, even though the points one came from a model B ?
2, These engines were invented way before the torque wrench. There was no specific torque for the head on old cars. So why torque instead of tightening down tight ?
1) A distributor while electronic, still uses the hand ignition advance on the column to control the ignition timing. As the engine revs higher, it does not advance the timing. The model B has centrifugal advance that does so automatically as the engine revs. It's much more accurate than using the old model A style which you must advance by hand. 2) a torque converter is a mechanical device used in automatic transmissions and has nothing to do with applied mechanical torque on a head or anything else really. . Concerning torqueing the head, When installing a head or anything really that needs accurate attention, it's best to have even clamping pressure across the surface. We do 3 heating/cooling and torque cycles in the head as with a new gasket they tend to compress a little over several heating cycles. I use a torque wrench because accuracy is always better. Just because they didn't do it that way when new, doesn't mean it's not a superior technique to use now. With how much easier it is to blow headgaskets with flatheads, using a torque wrench keeps things even across the board.
@@Seattle_Speed_Shop Thanks. That explains why. I wondered why you went from electronic to points. :). I did mean torque wrench, but convertor came into my mind. lol. But understandable to tighten down properly. The reason I commented that is because, many years ago, I had an Austin Mini and the head gasket had blown, I bought a head gasket kit from the auto shop and asked what the torque was for the head bolts and they man behind hte counter laughed at me and said those engines were before the torque wrench and the heads were just tightened down tight. Now though I take it as a joke. But I did torque hte head down to the correct torque settings. It is great seeing someone young and having a great knowlege of the old cars.
Mallory made a dandy dual point for the A. It is far superior than the Model B piece, and is easily converted to electronic.
@jeromebreeding3302 I have Mallory distributors as well. They, in fact, came in single and dual point. I don't find them to be "far superior" than a B. On top of the price difference for them, the Mallory distributors are getting very hard to find replacement parts for and are much rarer than B distributors. Not saying that they are bad or that I dislike them. Just some of the reason for going with the B was availability and price. Thanks for the comment!
@@ianallen2 that's funny! Thanks for the compliment and for watching!
Do they make a crank pulley with timing marks for us guy who do this...I just doing by sound never knowing where is actually at
They do make a kit for more accurate timing marks. NuRex? I think is the name?
I like it the way it is,PLEASE don't chop it.
Looks like you live in prime Bigfoot country.
Yep! They're my neighbors! Lol
Mild not wild chop. 2”
I like your style!
I thought you are supposed to change the timing cover because the b has a retarded ignition curve where the A was 0°
I sm asking because I am literally going through this right now with a Model A engine.
I bought the engine a few weeks ago and then I bought a Model B distributor for it.
Hey sorry I didn't see this sooner. You definitely should. I usually time by ear and "feel" which I know isn't helpful for a lot of guys that want to put a number on things.
Don't chop an original body. If you want a chopped A, then buy a reproduction body and chop away. don't chop an original!