The Ford Barn

hairdog · 12-19-2013, 12:04 PM

Hey gang I just bought a 1930 ford model a murray body. It has been my dream for the last 30 years to own one. The guy I got it from was going to take it to the scrape yard and I just couldn't let that happen. It will need a ground up restoration which my wif thinks I am crazy. It will need all the wood replaced which leads me to a question as to how much are parts interchangable with other model a's? What is a good manuel to get to help identify parts of the body and thier location on the car. I am not disillusioned as to the time and expense that is going to be involved in this project. I have been doing research and have found out that it is a 1930 Model A ford Murray body 165c but I do not know what is original on the car as someone has started a restoration years ago and it was of very poor quality like trying to make it a hard top by bolting a piece of tin over the top and glueing contact paper on the interior and trying to convert the brakes over to hydralics. Like I said a ground up restoration. Any help?

12-19-2013, 12:04 PM	#1
hairdog Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 3	Newby Hey gang I just bought a 1930 ford model a murray body. It has been my dream for the last 30 years to own one. The guy I got it from was going to take it to the scrape yard and I just couldn't let that happen. It will need a ground up restoration which my wif thinks I am crazy. It will need all the wood replaced which leads me to a question as to how much are parts interchangable with other model a's? What is a good manuel to get to help identify parts of the body and thier location on the car. I am not disillusioned as to the time and expense that is going to be involved in this project. I have been doing research and have found out that it is a 1930 Model A ford Murray body 165c but I do not know what is original on the car as someone has started a restoration years ago and it was of very poor quality like trying to make it a hard top by bolting a piece of tin over the top and glueing contact paper on the interior and trying to convert the brakes over to hydralics. Like I said a ground up restoration. Any help?