Progress on my 1930 Tudor

[fivefix]

What else is there to do in Iowa during February? With the help of my Dad (Ol Jenny on the Barn) and a good friend, months of blasting, scrubbing, rebuilding, priming and painting pays off.

[Mitch//pa]

Very nice looks good. where is the body?
make sure you unplug the garage door openers.

[fivefix]

Originally Posted by Mitch//pa

Very nice looks good. where is the body?
make sure you unplug the garage door openers.

The body is being professionally restored...a little beyond my capabilities. Here's an early picture of original condition.

[kwisor]

hello
i am in the middle of my 1930 tudor i have the frame and runnung gear done now working in the body i am doing it all myself hope to be done this summer
kevin
1930 model a tudor
1923 model t roadster p/u

[jm29henry]

Looks like you are doing a great job keep it up and you will one beautiful car!!!!

[Lee Mitch]

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Great job. Great photos. Very clean work space. Practically ready to drive the chasis around the block. Keep us posted!

[Timsalways]

Ya! Garage door openers!

[Tom Wesenberg]

I thought your avatar was the original picture.
That picture you show looks like a restored good driver car already from what I can see. Yes, very nice work on what you've done so far.

And excellent tip to unplug the door openers.

[Drive Shaft Dave]

Seem's A shame to cover up all that nice chassis work.

[fivefix]

Here is the current status on my 1930 Tudor restoration.

First, let me respond to Tom’s comment from 2/16/14 that the car looked like a good driver. My goal is to tour with my club and I knew the engine, transmission and rear end would all need work. The interior had been replaced with NY Yankees pinstriped wool fabric in the 50s or 60s, and the exterior appeared to have been repainted with a broom. The interior was so ruined from mice; my wife would not ride in the car. When she recommended I restore so we could enjoy it on long tours, I jumped. In hindsight, I wish I wouldn’t have jumped so quickly, but there’s no looking back.

Fast forward to August of 2013. I took the body, fenders, running boards and every single piece of metal requiring body work and paint to a restoration shop 20 miles from my home. Our agreement was that I would have the rolling chassis done by end of January and he would have all body work done at the same time and then he would complete assembly, including all interior work.

As many of you have experienced, it didn’t quite go as planned. I met my deadline and he didn’t meet his. The relationship got bad enough we parted ways about 8 weeks ago. I ended up with 5 painted rims, a sandblasted car, body work and a paint job on the body so poorly done, it will have to block sanded and re-done and he lost my headlight bar, gas tank filler trim, and every piece of interior trim. As I will never recommend this shop to anyone, I must add that he refunded the majority of my money at the end of our relationship.

With the help of my club, I found a new body shop in Anamosa, Iowa that is doing fabulous work. They have finished body work on the fenders, and running boards, fitted the reproduction parts I had to purchase to replace what was lost and have begun block sanding the body.

My goal is to join a group from the club driving to the Model A Museum in September and we’re also looking at the Maine national tour.

The pictures were taken last week as the shop was checking on the fit and alignment of the work they had accomplished.

[fivefix]

By the way, that is not the final color. First shop missed Elkpoint and Kewanee Green, current shop will not!

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