Vehicle Description
This beautifully crafted 1929 Ford Model A 2-Door sedan has a
wonderful timeless look, offering period colors and clean lines,
solid construction, and a powertrain/chassis combination that was
built for comfort. It's a fully-sorted rod that's ready to hit the
road and look great while doing it, with a perfect stance, nice
paint, and a comfortable fresh interior that is perhaps the ideal
combination of practicality and style.
More stylish than a four-door sedan and more comfortable than a
business coupe, the Tudor was Ford's bread-and-butter car that
seemed to do it all. Rendered in a very attractive shade of Light
Beige offset with Light Brown fenders and running boards, it takes
very little liberties with the original Blue Oval design, and yes
Ford fans, that's 100% Henry steel on the body with swooping
fiberglass fenders and matching running boards that were subtly
tweaked to work with the fat tires and modernized stance, then
covered with era-correct Light Brown paint that makes this Ford
really stand out on the show field among all the brightly-colored
streetrods. Great attention to detail shows all over this car, and
despite the relatively fresh driver-quality finish, it's subtle in
its modifications, sporting only those aftermarket alloys, a
relocated gas filler cap, and a set of blue dot teardrop taillight
lenses as modifications that catch the eye. Even the King Bee style
headlights and door handles survived the transformation intact, and
all the stainless and chrome still looks great with a vintage
shine. The black vinyl top insert is in excellent condition, and
the brown windshield visor is yet another Pre-War attribute that
was left on this Tudor, so the old-school look is very
authentic.
In 1929, the Tudor came standard with bucket seats, although the
chairs in place today are a bit more modern. Sure, they're a little
plusher and a little more comfortable for cross-country hauls, but
they look right in the stylish 2-door body. Light Tan upholstery is
the right choice, since you don't want to compete with the paint,
and the durable materials still look great. The plush cloth pleats
on the seats and door panels is nicely done and has an inviting
look that does seem right for the upright little sedan. The
original Model A instrument panel is still in place in the center
of the dash, although only the odometer is original, as an
aftermarket set of AutoMeter gauges now keep an eye on the engine
up ahead. An auxiliary gauge and 12-Volt port were added to a panel
below the dash, and a newer fat-rimmed steering wheel atop a
late-model steering column add more room for the driver. Plush
carpets insulate the cabin from road noise, and the full-sized back
seat means that this is a legitimate 4-passenger hot rod. Climb in
and discover how easy it is to get comfortable.
This A has more than a few tricks up its sleeves, too. The engine
is a 305 cubic inch V8 topped by an Edelbrock 4-barrel carburetor
and matching intake manifold, a combination that was perfected
decades ago so you can hit the road without worries. Packaging is
tight in the Model A's engine bay, but thanks to careful
fabrication, everything fits under the stock hood and stays cool
thanks to a massive radiator and electric fan. A few chrome
dress-up items, plus those finned Moroso valve covers, give it a
clean underhood look at shows and the wiring is all upgraded and
running through a modern alternator. It's backed by a TH350 3-speed
automatic transmission spinning a 10-bolt rear end out back, and
the soundtrack sounds great thanks to a set of block-hugging
long-tube headers that feed into a Dynomax dual exhaust system
below. Up front there's a Corvair-style independent setup with
power rack-and-pinion steering, there's a set of coilovers out
back, and power 4-wheel disc brakes give it massive stopping power
for such a lightweight vehicle. Wheels are turbine-style Lincoln
Versailles and wear 225/60/16 blackwall radials to finish off the
look perfectly.
A classic Pre-War Ford with a few twists under its skin and a very
reasonable price, what's not to love about this awesome Model A?
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