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ford-m · 02-12-2017, 05:08 PM

Enjoying my time in the shop this snowy winter. Almost done.
Working on the hood over the next month.
Having a tough time finding Stainless rear and front bumpers.
Snyders, Brattons, mikes. No one has any in stock and am being told won't be for awhile.

Before

lindy williams · 02-12-2017, 05:34 PM

Very nice job. Did you do the body work and painting yourself?

Big hammer · 02-12-2017, 05:36 PM

Looking good! Do you have original bumpers that could be restored?

Russ/40 · 02-12-2017, 05:40 PM

Awesome job. I'm humbled.

JDupuis · 02-12-2017, 05:43 PM

Looks great. Jeff

HoarseWhisperer · 02-12-2017, 05:50 PM

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Are you a member of the Model A Owners of Canada?

Someone there might be able to help you find those bumpers. http://www.modelaowners.com

ford-m · 02-12-2017, 05:53 PM

Here is my progress photos.
http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/Fo...?sort=2&page=1

mhsprecher · 02-12-2017, 05:58 PM

Looks great.

ford-m · 02-12-2017, 06:03 PM

Yes sir

ford-m · 02-12-2017, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lindy williams

Very nice job. Did you do the body work and painting yourself?

Hi Lindy, yes sir. Did it all by myself. Wife helped with a few rivets.

ford-m · 02-12-2017, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big hammer

Looking good! Do you have original bumpers that could be restored?

I do have the originals however the cost to refinish them was a lot more than new ones. I may just repaint the, for now until new ones are available.

Big hammer · 02-12-2017, 08:24 PM

Look at powder coating with near like chrome, you may not buy stainless bumpers.

Synchro909 · 02-12-2017, 08:34 PM

While your work is to be admired, I'd love to acquire a car like you started with so I could fix it mechanically but drive it looking like it does in the "before" photo.
ONE DAY!

DougVieyra · 02-12-2017, 09:02 PM

I think that you will find a good quality "Chrome" spray can paint will do just fine and look fairly decent - until such time as a suitable replacement becomes available. When I did my '30 Coupe with 'Chrome' spray paint, I was very pleased and it stayed on the car for years.

2935ford · 02-12-2017, 09:15 PM

Great job!

Mitch//pa · 02-12-2017, 09:46 PM

Its a great feeling isn it,, looks superb

Ck with little Dearborn or tams for the bumpers.. maybe they have some left over stock

Quigley1930 · 02-12-2017, 09:54 PM

DI sprayed the bumper on my pickup with rattle can chrome.Looks good and if it gets scratched just do it again.

Sewall

Synchro909 · 02-12-2017, 10:10 PM

Maybe you could try this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuJ8JKWFg8Y
There was a thread on here a while ago that was about a dipping process that gave a chrome finish too. Any body got a link??

Tom Wesenberg · 02-12-2017, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ford-m

I do have the originals however the cost to refinish them was a lot more than new ones. I may just repaint the, for now until new ones are available.

The front bumper that came on your car is a 1930-1, as shown above.

Here is the Rustoleum chrome paint, as used on the inside of the bumper horns, which don't take chrome well, on my 1950 Studebaker. The car was restored 23 years ago, and the insides of the bumper horns were getting rusty, so I sandblasted them and sprayed them with Rustoleum chrome paint a couple years ago.

BTW, your car looks fantastic.

Mitch//pa · 02-12-2017, 10:18 PM

His car is to pristine to paint the bumpers ...IMO
That would be a hack job

SeaSlugs · 02-12-2017, 10:46 PM

have you tried Berts? Maybe flu around for the small parts suppliers and maybe they have a set in stock somewhere.

Tom Wesenberg · 02-12-2017, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mitch//pa

His car is to pristine to paint the bumpers ...IMO
That would be a hack job

Right, this is just to get bumpers on the car until he can find new ones.

Kahuna · 02-12-2017, 11:36 PM

Wow

Russ B · 02-13-2017, 05:08 PM

A few years ago, I bought a SS front bumper and while shiny, the face was so rippled as if it were polished over mill scale that I put about 10 plus hours flat filing it smooth enough to hand over to a polisher to finish. I was very disappointed in the vendor's quality. It was either Snyders or Brattons' I complained, but not loud enough. I had used SS bumpers about 20 year earlier and the SS was nicely polished.

Synchro909 · 02-13-2017, 05:31 PM

Fordm. Is the chassis under your roadster made ready to take a RHD steering column? I believe Canadian Model A chassis were made that way and I'm assuming yours is a Canadian car.

Jeff/Illinois · 02-13-2017, 07:38 PM

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Beautiful car nicely done

Looks great!

ford-m · 02-13-2017, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Synchro909

Fordm. Is the chassis under your roadster made ready to take a RHD steering column? I believe Canadian Model A chassis were made that way and I'm assuming yours is a Canadian car.

Hi synchro,
Yes she is a true Canadian car and yes she is made also for right hand drive for the export market.

Tinbasher · 02-14-2017, 08:44 AM

Just for information, I just had my front bumpers chromed by Edmonton Bumper repair. They did a good job for $700.00. There not show chrome but good for a driver/show car. They use Greyhound bus for shipping. If I remember that was $75.00 return. There turn around time is about 4 -6 weeks. Remember if your getting parts out of the US. these days the cost will be almost double or more by the time it gets here.

Hope this helps. John Poole

1937pickup · 02-14-2017, 03:42 PM

Did you buy the Isata?

02-12-2017, 05:08 PM	#1
ford-m Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wonderful Whitby Ontario Posts: 131	1929 Roadster Almost done. Enjoying my time in the shop this snowy winter. Almost done. Working on the hood over the next month. Having a tough time finding Stainless rear and front bumpers. Snyders, Brattons, mikes. No one has any in stock and am being told won't be for awhile. Before Last edited by ford-m; 02-12-2017 at 06:02 PM.

02-12-2017, 05:34 PM	#2
lindy williams Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 335	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Very nice job. Did you do the body work and painting yourself?

02-12-2017, 05:36 PM	#3
Big hammer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 3,131	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Looking good! Do you have original bumpers that could be restored?

02-12-2017, 05:40 PM	#4
Russ/40 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santee, California Posts: 3,505	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Awesome job. I'm humbled.

02-12-2017, 05:43 PM	#5
JDupuis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Maryhill Ont Canada Posts: 834	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Looks great. Jeff __________________ Let's let pylons, be pylons!

02-12-2017, 05:50 PM	#6
HoarseWhisperer Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,470	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Are you a member of the Model A Owners of Canada? Someone there might be able to help you find those bumpers. http://www.modelaowners.com __________________ I know a lot of things; I just can't remember them all. 1928 CCPU 82-A 1931 Roadster 40-B Dlx (Canadian)

02-12-2017, 05:53 PM	#7
ford-m Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wonderful Whitby Ontario Posts: 131	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Here is my progress photos. http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/Fo...?sort=2&page=1

02-12-2017, 05:58 PM	#8
mhsprecher Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Takoma Park, MD Posts: 2,817	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Looks great.

02-12-2017, 06:03 PM	#9
ford-m Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wonderful Whitby Ontario Posts: 131	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Yes sir

02-12-2017, 08:24 PM	#12
Big hammer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 3,131	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Look at powder coating with near like chrome, you may not buy stainless bumpers.

02-12-2017, 08:34 PM	#13
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. While your work is to be admired, I'd love to acquire a car like you started with so I could fix it mechanically but drive it looking like it does in the "before" photo. ONE DAY! __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

02-12-2017, 09:02 PM	#14
DougVieyra Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Eureka, California Posts: 1,716	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. I think that you will find a good quality "Chrome" spray can paint will do just fine and look fairly decent - until such time as a suitable replacement becomes available. When I did my '30 Coupe with 'Chrome' spray paint, I was very pleased and it stayed on the car for years.

02-12-2017, 09:15 PM	#15
2935ford Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 1,013	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Great job!

02-12-2017, 09:46 PM	#16
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Its a great feeling isn it,, looks superb Ck with little Dearborn or tams for the bumpers.. maybe they have some left over stock

02-12-2017, 09:54 PM	#17
Quigley1930 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Middleburg, Virginia Posts: 421	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. DI sprayed the bumper on my pickup with rattle can chrome.Looks good and if it gets scratched just do it again. Sewall

02-12-2017, 10:10 PM	#18
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Maybe you could try this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuJ8JKWFg8Y There was a thread on here a while ago that was about a dipping process that gave a chrome finish too. Any body got a link?? __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

02-12-2017, 10:18 PM	#20
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. His car is to pristine to paint the bumpers ...IMO That would be a hack job

02-12-2017, 10:46 PM	#21
SeaSlugs Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Central, IL Posts: 3,968	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. have you tried Berts? Maybe flu around for the small parts suppliers and maybe they have a set in stock somewhere. __________________ 1929 Model AA - Need long splash aprons!

02-12-2017, 11:36 PM	#23
Kahuna Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 2,617	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Wow

02-13-2017, 05:08 PM	#24
Russ B Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Millbrae, CA Posts: 504	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. A few years ago, I bought a SS front bumper and while shiny, the face was so rippled as if it were polished over mill scale that I put about 10 plus hours flat filing it smooth enough to hand over to a polisher to finish. I was very disappointed in the vendor's quality. It was either Snyders or Brattons' I complained, but not loud enough. I had used SS bumpers about 20 year earlier and the SS was nicely polished.

02-13-2017, 05:31 PM	#25
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Fordm. Is the chassis under your roadster made ready to take a RHD steering column? I believe Canadian Model A chassis were made that way and I'm assuming yours is a Canadian car. __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. Last edited by Synchro909; 02-13-2017 at 09:53 PM.

02-13-2017, 07:38 PM	#26
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,789	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Beautiful car nicely done Looks great!

02-14-2017, 08:44 AM	#28
Tinbasher Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Innisfil, Ontario Canada Posts: 1,174	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Just for information, I just had my front bumpers chromed by Edmonton Bumper repair. They did a good job for $700.00. There not show chrome but good for a driver/show car. They use Greyhound bus for shipping. If I remember that was $75.00 return. There turn around time is about 4 -6 weeks. Remember if your getting parts out of the US. these days the cost will be almost double or more by the time it gets here. Hope this helps. John Poole Last edited by Tinbasher; 02-14-2017 at 08:46 AM. Reason: More info.

02-14-2017, 03:42 PM	#29
1937pickup Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 586	Re: 1929 Roadster Almost done. Did you buy the Isata?