Forum newbie... Is it worth working on?

[lecktrix]

Hello all... Ive had my eye on this car for years, and the owner finally decided to clean his field out. There was a lot more, but this is the only one that perked my interest. About 6 years ago, a fire went through his field and destroyed all of the cars out there. This one is extremely rough, and not much left. Id love to leave it rough and put it on my S-10 chassis that I use for old bodies.
What year is this car? Id love to start collecting parts, but I have no idea what to ask for. I will build a new floor for it, but im missing tank section and entire rear section.

Should I try? r is it too far gone?

[1930artdeco]

Hi Lecktrix,

The 1930/31 Coupe has been chopped to be used as a hotrod. From the pics the body metal looks solid. But if you are looking for a Model A to restore I would pass on this one.

Mike

[Rex_A_Lott]

If your goal is a restored model A, you'd be better off to start somewhere else IMHO.
However, you have some good material to start a Hot Rod. Post this up over on the HAMB and you will get a lot of good advice.
Good Luck with the project.

[ct1932ford]

What's wrong with that?

[Mike V. Florida]

As a hot rod, yes. As a restored A, too much work (money) to be worthwhile.

[Ross/Kzoo]

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Beyond the point of no return as far as an original goes.

[bobpo1]

I'd pass, too much time, effort and money to go on this one. Plus it would seem futile as it would seem to be going nowhere during the process. I hate to see someone put a lot of work into a project and eventually just give up. I've been there, done that....

Good Luck . You'll get lots of help from these fellas in whatever you decide to do.

[lecktrix]

Thanks guys.... More of a hot rod avenue for me... The hard part is finding the missing body parts that I need... Im in the middle of nowhere and have to rely on shipping.

REX... on the HAMB thing... I joined them as you suggested, and thats definately not the place for me to ask.... they are tearing me up as its not a 'traditional' hot rod im thinking about

[Roadster62]

You have to understand that the HAMB is all about cars built before 1965. Bob

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by lecktrix

Thanks guys.... More of a hot rod avenue for me... The hard part is finding the missing body parts that I need... Im in the middle of nowhere and have to rely on shipping.

REX... on the HAMB thing... I joined them as you suggested, and thats definately not the place for me to ask.... they are tearing me up as its not a 'traditional' hot rod im thinking about

Seems you are in auto limbo, HAMB for traditional hot Rods, Fordbarn for restorations.

Either way if it were I, I would pass on the body, but that's me The costs to obtain the parts you are missing may well exceed the purchase of a more complete body. Best of luck on your project!

[1930artdeco]

If you are thinking of going down the hotrod road with it and everything will be modern, then there must be a forum out there. Here we are more of the stock/slightly modified.

You can by a lot of sheet metal brand new, but you will have to do a lot massaging as the fit is not right most of the time. Anything stock is pretty much made new, you will just have to see what you need. Most of it is good, you will just have to research which is the best part and how fix the not so good parts.

What you may want to do is find a project that someone started and did not finish. That way you will have all of the parts (or most of them) already.

Good Luck,

Mike

[Flop]

where is the car at ? doesnt look horrible . but not for the faint of heart .

[Bob C]

Since you have a ton of work anyway make a back panel to come down from
below the back window, wrap the sides around and make an extended cab pickup.

Bob

[Rex_A_Lott]

Originally Posted by lecktrix

Thanks guys.... More of a hot rod avenue for me... The hard part is finding the missing body parts that I need... Im in the middle of nowhere and have to rely on shipping.

REX... on the HAMB thing... I joined them as you suggested, and thats definately not the place for me to ask.... they are tearing me up as its not a 'traditional' hot rod im thinking about

Dont dismiss these guys out of hand...there is a TON of knowledge there.
Lurk around a bit, and ask your questions with the attitude that its pre 64...a few pics will help. Those guys have forgot more than we may ever know...Good luck!

[Joe K]

Wouldn't it be nice to find someone who is "rodding" the same body - and either swap bodies, or take his pieces and use them to reconstruct this one?

Admittedly, hard fit concept to reality in either case.

Joe K

[dumb person]

That is considered not that bad in my country. You will probably want to make new rail things that the body goes on, mend the lower parts of the panels and fake the rear part. If it is what you want, try it!

[lecktrix]

Im not sure how to delete my account... I have had a bad time with this site and the HAMB... Its obviously linked. Any forum moderator, please delete my account. Thank you

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by lecktrix

Im not sure how to delete my account... I have had a bad time with this site and the HAMB... Its obviously linked. Any forum moderator, please delete my account. Thank you

I don't understand "bad time", as this thread went much better than I thought it would have. You asked if it was worth working on and got several good answers. It's way more than I could fix, but as FLOP said, it can be done, especially if built as a hot rod rather than try to restore it as original. Once a body is chopped, I consider it too far gone for me to restore. But then, I'm not a bodyman.

[lecktrix]

Tom... Ive had some nasty side messages that have come through email and HAMB... I want out... Thanks for all of the good input, but the bad outweighs it all. Take care.

[ctlikon0712]

Tom, I wonder if he got some "Private messages"....