Finally done

[dan]

Hello again Fordbarn Folks. Possibly almost none of you remember me from six years ago, but I've been lurking on-and-off here on Fordbarn since I sold my 1931 coupe and moved from California to Kansas. I've been extremely busy for the last six years working on my Auto Restoration degree from McPherson College here in Kansas. Tomorrow I take my last final (Advanced Sheet Metal) and then I'll have my degree. And at that point I suppose it will be time to start looking around for another Model A :-)

Amusingly enough, my Senior Project was a 1930 Model A Tudor that needed a bit of work. I thought I'd post some progress pictures here for your amusement.

Here's the car in the College's storage shed:



The original project guidelines were to assess the car and rebuild the front end.

We found the usual, amusing, restored-in-the-70s Model A stuff:

Lovely green shag, baby


An interesting water-based heater under the front seat fed by this hose


This non-standard fuel filter


And the obligatory brake rod fix


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We took apart the front end and decided it needed a bit of help.

Some cleanup


New roller tracks


Ball joints


The cool thing was that the college has all the necessary tools (wash tanks and sand blaster, rivets and bucks, mill and TIG welder) to do all the work and professors who know what they're talking about to ask questions of when you get stuck.

We got the front end rebuilt (brakes, bushings, king pins, etc) and painted

(Yes, those are not cotter pins... this was a test fitting)

Did some painting of the whole assembly


And the wheels


And put it all back together




Then when we were done they asked us to swap out the rear end and transmission for ones that the chassis class had rebuilt


It was a learning experience and quite enjoyable. And best of all, I didn't have to pay for any of the parts or tools (directly).

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Anyway, I just thought I'd post for anyone who is interested.