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Old 05-17-2020, 11:41 AM   #1
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So, if you have a Model A with a Briggs body and buy all your parts from Brattons, At what point does it become a "Briggs and Bratton". Yes, I'm bored.
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So, if you have a Model A with a Briggs body and buy all your parts from Brattons, At what point does it become a "Briggs and Bratton". Yes, I'm bored.
when ALL the parts are changed over!
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Old 05-17-2020, 11:42 PM   #3
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Goes with the "Briggs and Stratton" Key
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Must be a Canadian thing/
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So, if you have a Model A with a Briggs body and buy all your parts from Brattons, At what point does it become a "Briggs and Bratton". Yes, I'm bored.
I am sure this question is asked with 'tongue in cheek' however society looks at a reproduction Brookville 1929 Roadster body sitting on a new TCI chassis with a crate LS engine, a Heidt's Superide IFS and IRS, and trick one-off billet wheels as a 1929 Ford Model-A. Probably less than 5% of the entire vehicle originated at any Ford plant in the year 1929 however it is still considered a 1929 Ford model. So how many more reproduction parts do you need to purchase to surpass my hypothetical 1929 Model-A??
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Old 05-18-2020, 08:12 AM   #6
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Just so everyone knows, yes, this was nothing more than a play on words (Briggs and Stratton). However, concerning Brents post, I know where you are coming from. Is it or isn't it??. More semantics. It seems to happen everywhere. On another forum that I follow dedicated to 348/409 engines, there is discussion about new W blocks being cast in 500+ cu configurations. They are based off of the original W engine but are an entirely new block designed for bigger bores. Even so, they are referred to as "409" engines. This has always vexed me as the "409" is a displacement designation and these new engine are NOT 409 CI. IMO it often seems to stems from people that want recognition, want to be seen as "special" and admired in some way. That's fine with me, whatever floats your boat. Other tomes it's just a case of "what DO you call it"?. An example is my truck in my avatar. The guy that put it together showed me a picture of the truck as he found it. There was NOT much there. The only part of my truck that came from that '31 truck is the back of the cab. The box is new, the fenders are new (steel front 'glass rear) and the doors, frame and cowl came from a sedan that he had (IIRC). Oh, and the grill is a '30. I call it a '31 model A truck because that is what it is registered as and i don't want to be describing it like Johnny Cash's cadillac every time someone asks "What model is it?". Like a hot rodder that claims his car is "all Henry steel" as if he wants brownie points for that. IMO, if a hot rod IS "all Henry steel", in other words was made from a 100% rust free car, I get dismayed because IMO, any car like that should not be hotrodded. However, that's just my pinion and the owner is are to do as they please with their own car. It's really none of my business. I feel I'm just rambling at this point so I'll stop.
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I am sure this question is asked with 'tongue in cheek' however society looks at a reproduction Brookville 1929 Roadster body sitting on a new TCI chassis with a crate LS engine, a Heidt's Superide IFS and IRS, and trick one-off billet wheels as a 1929 Ford Model-A. Probably less than 5% of the entire vehicle originated at any Ford plant in the year 1929 however it is still considered a 1929 Ford model.
Ain't that the truth. At a recent car show, a '1929 Model A' beat out my '30 Town Sedan for "Oldest Car at Show" award. Yes, that purple car in the background is that '1929 Model A'. Only thing Model A is what is left of the body. Has a Blown SBC, etc.


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