What's Your Preference: Restored, Original, Modified, Rod?

[michael a]

Originally Posted by denis4x4

Been looking for a thread like this to express some views that aren’t exactly popular. First off, I grew up in Southern California in the fifties and if you paid more than $100 for an A, somebody was screwing you! Modified a couple of cars in high school and parlayed that into a job in the hot rod business.

There is a certain satisfaction in taking an eighty year old engine and doubling the horsepower using equipment developed in the ’30’s and ’40’s. A visit to the Museum of American Speed (Speedway Motors) in Lincoln NE has the largest display of Model A engines with aftermarket equipment in the US that was developed while the A was still in production.

While the HAMB has a monthly thread on bangers, maybe it’s time for the ‘barn to take a page out of the HAMB book and offer a separate forum for modified A’s. In addiction to classifieds, the HAMB offers a board for pre ’65 traditional hot rods, traditional customs and a third forum that combines both subjects.

There are several threads that guarantee predictable responses; Float-A-Motor engine mounts, electronic ignitions, hydraulic brakes, 16” wheels and I’ll add a new one, starter motors.

Maybe it's time to reformat the 'barn.

Modified and I have to go along with denis

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