Vehicle Description
1929 Ford Model A 5 Window Coupe
It takes a certain amount of faith to dive headlong into a
do-it-yourself, traditional hot rod build project, especially one
that begins with a basket-case shell of an old Ford. Faith that
you'll find the parts you need. Faith that you can marry disparate
- and sometimes ancient - components into some cohesive whole.
Faith that the end result will not only move under its own power
but do so safely, while looking good, too. Many of us have that
dream. We know a lot of people with garages full of old parts. But
not everyone has the skills and patience to put them all
together.
For consignment, in classic style, a fender-less 5 window coupe
rodded to excellence, old school through and through, a hot engine
under the open hood, and a beautiful blue paint job. I'm behind the
wheel and ready for the girl in the polka dot skirt to drop the
handkerchief! This all 1929 steel car is now resting securely on a
TCI chassis. The rest I'm keeping you in suspense! Read on!!
Exterior
All 1929 rust free steel covers this classic bathed in Washington
Blue. Gaps are looking good, and it reminds me of the early stock
car days at the Reading Fairgrounds dirt track oval where we would
show up with our brimless felt hats airbrushed with our favorite
car and driver, and smell the burnt racing gas and feel the dirt.
Those racers would work that steering wheel to get the cars to
float into the turns never getting out of the throttle. This car
harkens back to that great time but is reserved for the street. A
1932 steel grille fronts an open engine bay, and then the metal
takes over for the passenger and rear of this car. It is all smooth
and rust free, and of course without fenders. Chromed wheels in
excellent condition are wrapped in good rubber and are showing off
on all 4 corners. I'm all shook up.
Interior
Opening the small simple doors, brushed aluminum in wide ribbed
format is covering the interior of the doors. Power window toggles
are within these metal panels. This provides an excellent threshold
for the cockpit, which sports a tan leather (cashmere) tuck and
roll insert bench with smooth bolsters that stretches across the
passenger compartment. Sitting proudly and rising towards the roof
is a Hurst shifter which is seen within an ocean of tan thick pile
carpeting, and creates a calm sea for the seat to float in. Upfront
full metal blue painted dash supports a lineup of black faced white
lettered and numbered round gauges that stretch nearly the entire
dash front. Fronting this beautiful creation is a wood rimmed
steering wheel with a trio of chromed drilled supports and a center
V8 badge. The remainder of the cockpit is lined with lower panels
of aluminum, and uppers are more cashmere coverings is the nearly
perfect paneled headliner. A shout out to the trunk where a new
fuel cell takes up most of the area, along with an aluminum battery
box, and the rest is lined with tan carpeting. You ain't nuthin but
a hound dog!
Drivetrain
Open for all the world to experience and enjoy is a 350ci engine
with a .40 overbore creating 357ci, Dart aluminum heads, an Isky
cam, roller rockers and drinking heavily from dual Edelbrock 500cfm
quad carbs through an Edelbrock intake. All this produces a
consigner stated 400hp, which pushes power to the Ford 9-inch rear
axle through a Borg Warner T10 4-speed manual transmission. Headers
for the easier exhale and straight pipes right out the sides and
let's make some noise! Just a clean, polished, well done
presentation. A hunka, hunka burnin love..
Undercarriage
As perfect as the topside with blue painted floorpans and rockers,
many a chromed drivetrain and suspension part, and that TCI Stage 3
chassis holding it all together...solid as a rock. Disc brakes are
all around.
Drive-Ability
Upon lighting the 8 candles you will need to cover your ears as
those straight pipes provide zero muffling with only minor
baffling...as it should be! This car accelerated forever and
handled very well. Bias free panic stopping and a comfortable
driver all around in Cashmere heaven...
A classic rod looking like a classic hot rod, but with comforts of
a nice interior, and classy wheel covers, and no dirt anywhere.
Just the look is enough and with the power it has you will be more
than satisfied to be tooling through your neighborhood, stirring up
the dust and leaves on the suburban streets, shades of the old
Fairgrounds dirt track, and the arm dropping and go like hell! I
can't help falling in love...It's now or never folks!
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 600 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.