Another one followed me home

[chuck stevens]

Hi Pete, An AV8 is a lot of fun, have no regrets about playing around with a model A, they made thousands. Some thing I skimped on was boxing the frame. You should box it at least half way back, these flatheads have enough touque to twist a stock A frame. You have to miss that beautiful 51.....I had one of the first rides in it. Have fun, may see you down south, Chuck S.

[Pete Fl/Wi]

Thanks all. I do plan to have fun with this project. As it turns out a friend of mine that is more of a purist is going to buy my frame with engine, trans, wheels, etc. In turn another friend has a bare A frame that I looked at last night. It is solid and for $100.00 I will use it for my build. First step is to get the body off the frame which will happen this weekend. Pete

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Pete Fl/Wi

Thanks all. I do plan to have fun with this project. As it turns out a friend of mine that is more of a purist is going to buy my frame with engine, trans, wheels, etc. In turn another friend has a bare A frame that I looked at last night. It is solid and for $100.00 I will use it for my build. First step is to get the body off the frame which will happen this weekend. Pete

.........and along with that frame and engine that your purist friend is going to buy, possibly goes your original SERIAL NUMBER? Then what to do about paperwork on the car? Just curious! DD

[felix37]

Hey, If it wasn't for all us guy's modifying and driving these old cars the purists wouldn't have such a great source of original parts to choose from.
as for me, I like them all! pure stock, modified they are all cool! however, I won't lose any sleep over someone taking a perfectly restored original model A and dropping a Av8 in it. there are more than enough perfectly restored examples of model A's gathering dust in museums all across the country.
do what makes ya smile!