1928 FORD MODEL A SEDAN- belly pan.

shhhh seth, i was waiting till id picked up the staggered 20"/22" boyd codpeice billets with rubber band radials til i dropped that on everyone!

I really like that.

i think its a good time for a look back

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got to be one of the best builds ive come accross, both in terms of looks and as a brilliant lesson on how to build an awesome rod

keep at it dez !!!

hold on, ive not finished it yet !

lots more coolness to come over the next few months

next, was the small matter of actually making them fit. for the rear, this was pretty straightforward, as the PCD was correct, they just needed some spacers as the wheels didnt have a crazy offset like the ones id made, so didnt clear the bodywork. with a bit a bit of mocking up i decided 1-1/4", or 30mm, was about what i needed, so i did some ebay searching and came up with these-



30mm thick, 4x4.5" pcd, 1/2" UNF studs and nuts same as the ford 9" axle, centre bore is 71.5mm which is the same size as the wheels and larger than the ford axle. fitment- chrysler 300c! seems Mopar don't like to change things unless they have to.
they're steel ones, I'm very suspect of the cheap chinese wheel spacers, as with how easily they break and curse word up, they simply cant be the grade of alloy they're advertised as, so to leave no doubt as to strength, I'm having steel.
for those who'd have expected me to make some, a set of studs and nuts and the materials to make em ran to more than these did delivered(£75), so it was a no-brainer really. these are plated finish too so no corrosion either. and came next day too!

and that was the rear end attended to really, as simple as that. ive fitted it all up, and as i suspected, the rear tyres are too small. so ile flog these on and buy some bigger ones. only £440 for the ones i want.......

at the front end, it was a little more involved. my f100 brakes are 5.5" PCD, so a bit of a redrill was in order. dead simple to do with the indexer, only complication was i had to go out and buy the right size drill bit for the studs, and i had to skim the backside of the hub face a little so the flat surface ran a bit further in, as the studs were wanting to sit on the 'web' area so wouldnt sit straight. all pretty easy stuff though.
hub redrilled-


drum redrilled, i had to stagger the bolt holes a bit as theres a random extra set of holes in the drum face, and they conflicted with the new PCD-


and the wheel on-


i still need to make some thin spacers for the front to get around a centrebore issue, but id done my homework so i already knew this. it needs a 1/4" spacer with a very large 3-1/4" centrebore so the wheel clears the snout of the drum/hub, as it cant be machined back as its the locator between drum and hub to keep it concentric. ive jsut mocked it up with 1/2" washers on the studs for now to cheack it will all fit ok with a 1/4" spacer, and it will.

stand back and take a look-




yeah, I'm happy with them! tyres are right size, or close enough (5.25x16, absoute widest id go to would be 6.00x16, which in really its barely any wider).

depending on how much the bigger tyres raise the rear, and how much the front drops with the rest of the weight of the engine on it when its built up, i might see about sending the beam off and getting it dropped to make it sit level, but we'll see how that pans out.

truth spoken!!

Approval! I was a little worried when I saw the first picture of the wheels but I should have known you'd do it your own way

kev-
ile keep it in mind- i don't mind swapping anyways if youre desperate for the smaller ones as i can run anything 5.25-6.00 really. ive got a couple of odd ones too i think. drop me a PM or give me a ring about it.

slacker/volksangyl/speedy88-
i don't 'do' whitewhalls on hotrods. i can see why people like tham, but in my eyes hot rods have blackwalls, and whitewalls are reserved for customs.
I'm not sold on the red either. I'm 99% sure theyres gunna be a colour change for them. ive always had a monotone theme in my head so i think they will end up black, as i love blackwall X-plies on black rims.

matt-
probably not. I'm gunna strip the rest of it and get the steel as good as i can then clear POR-15 it. i might paint it a few years down the line. i don't know tbh. part of the reason I'm sticking bare metal apart from the obvious reasons of showing off my work and showing its a 'real' one, is i cant decide on a colour. what i do know is all running gear will be gloss black with small amounts of satin black and stainless detailing. its another reason the red wheels have to go, red wheels on a bare metal car will get it labelled as a jimmy shine wonnabe.

Just spent the last few nights going through this thread - never knew it existed!

Absolutely epic mind-blowing skills you have sir! And I'm guessing a near infinite amount of patience too??

Love where you're taking it too