1930 model A sedan

The biggest thing about this particular Hotrot that we found when driving it is the colour we got comments about the colour all the time which made the choice to change the colour quite hard but having been a painter by trade the paintwork was one of my priority jobs the car is a hotrod its meant to be showy the paint on the car is what i classed as a 20 foot paint job it looks fine and its nice and bright and shiny till you get close it was basically a cheap blow over nothing removed when it was done and not much prep work of finishing involved add to that the runs and fish-eyes (silicon in the paint) and it really wasn't as nice as it first looked but people loved the colour and never noticed the flaws in it . so the new colour needed to be something that A:completely changed the cars appearance and B:gave it that same wow look at that colour . and it was delving deeper into what was going to be needed to achieve that that made the project kind of snowball .over the few months I was using the car I was collecting some of the parts for the transformation and had been making a list of all the parts that were going to need doing . the wiring was pretty much shot none of the gauges worked I wasn't particularly fond of the ones it had anyway but when i fitted a nice new set of So-Cal ones they also wouldn't work due to the wiring so ended up running separate new wiring for the gauges all the old gauges were tested and actually worked fine so i sold those on .

rover engine and box were removed and passed on to a good friend for a project they have and a 350ci and 700r4 box purchased to go in its place

chevy sat in place for the new mounts to be made :

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once I knew where it was going to go it was time to get on with the freshen up on the rest of the chassis

whilst the chassis was in bare metal I decided it would be a good time to make a better tow bar. being a model A sedan they have have no boot and very little space inside the car so a tow bar is very handy to attach a small trailer to act as boot space. it had a tow bar before but it was so ugly it had been removed as with a lot of things tow bars have come a long way and hidden towbars are easy to come by now days and I just happened to have a westfelia clip on one from my old VW bora so was just a matter of making a new mount for it

with the chassis all painted it was time to get it all back up and rolling which meant new bushes brakes ect ect
back axle was given a freshen up

suspension arms all refurbished with new bushes and ball joints

new shock were needed for the front and the springs were cleaned up and painted

one of the bits that really dated the car was the wheels plus I found a big issue with then when i took them off . the offset of the rear wheels was wrong and had been sorted by fitting spacers not normally a problem but 4 steel non hubsentric spacers on the stock length studs on each side is a very big problem as it caused a vibration and left the wheels held on by just 3 turns of the threads. the old wheels were sold to a guy in scotland and new 8x16 rears and 5x15 fronts with the correct offset purchased

wheels were painted in a cream colour

rebuild of the engine was next . the block turned out to be a really good one 4 bolt 350 in really great condition with no ridges or damage and also very clean only requiring a general freshen up . again being a hotrod the engine should never be left stock so a big order of goodies from WASP with a bit of a fopar on my part when ordering the new pistons i accidentally ordered the wrong ones and found they dint quite reach the top of the bores turns out the ones i had ordered where for a 383 stroker . again WASP to the rescue and new ones ordered and i was back on track again . the engine should have more than enough power for what it was built for and should make for a fun and very entertaining drive :twisted:

and a lick of paint on the block for good measure


another little job was to give trans a quick freshen up and fit a new wiring kit in it for the overdrive and converter lockup as these are normally computer controlled this makes it possible to switch the converter lock up in and out

trans also got a coat of colour before being fitted in the chassis ready for the body to go back on

now onto getting the body sorted . the body itself was very good with only a few areas that needed work to get it straight .




time for colour

Nice work! This car will be fantastic when finished, you are really doing it right and taking it to the next level!

fantastic build, cant believe how muhc better it looks just by changing a colour! top job!

Awesome build, not my style of hotrod to be honest but its looking great ! Colour combo is perfect

Superb stuff!

Is that House of Kolor Rootbeer? Really looks so much better suited to being a darker colour; the turquoise certainly tied it down to a particular period of hotrodding - the new colour looks much more timeless (same goes for the wheels too)

I bet people wont believe it's the same car when it's back together.

Are you keeping the rake, out of interest?

Joe