I'm in the process of making my 31 Tudor a safe, comfortable, reliable touring car. Finished installing the Randy Gross steering today. What a difference! I cannot say enough good about Randy and his products. Stipe shocks are next. Ready to roll down the road!
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Safety is important
in my tudor comfort is having the seat adjusters installed.
3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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That's one thing that's so nice about the Tudor, it's the only car style that I can think of that is so easy to move the driver's seat back for more comfort. I plan to move mine back a few inches also.
For a nice touring car, I plan to use a high compression head, counterweighted crank, and 3.27 rear end gears to slow the engine speed at 45 MPH.Comment
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i am only 5'11" but i like my seats back all the way in any vehicle i drive... when i get in a Tudor with the stock brackets even if they are turned around for that extra inch or whatever i get cramped up. no way its enjoyable like that to me.. i remove the 6-7 inch adjusters and put the stokers back in before going to competition judging.3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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I don't have a seat problem because I'm 5'6'. It would be very easy to cut and weld the original brackets at practicly no cost.Comment
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I forged some long brackets out of a 12" black 1/2" bolt. Using the head as a support at the back or rear of extension. Coupled with 96 escort seats that have the adjustment on them, there great.
Mitch, I bought those seat extenders when I first got the car going. I found them hard to adjust and eventially they keep coming loose ect. That was over 15 years ago.Comment
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I have a touring engine that is great. I had not thought about changing the rear ending. Tell me more why you chose to change to a 3:27.Originally posted by Tom Wesenberg View Post
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i went with the 3:54's in my Tudor and now wish i did the 3:27's3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
Mitch's Auto Service ctrComment
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I haven't purchased the gears yet, but I have a spare complete rear end that I want to restore and use the 3.27 gears so the engine won't have to run so fast to do 45 to 50 MPH.Originally posted by Captndan View PostComment
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Who offers a higher compression head?Originally posted by Purdy
"Bullshit and Brilliance Comes with Age and Experience"Comment
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Snyders and many others however higher compression can also put more stress on bearings.Comment
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I'll ask Larry if my A is a good candidate for a higher compression head. ThanksOriginally posted by BNCHIEF View Post"Bullshit and Brilliance Comes with Age and Experience"Comment
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IMHO putting a high compression head on an otherwise stock engine is not wise and can damage the other parts of the engine. If you want to increase the performance of the engine go with a touring engine from a reputable builder. That's head, cam, valves, flywheel, inserts, and a rejetted and tuned carb. Do it right.Comment
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A buddy of mine went to the Goodguys show in Nashville this weekend and he just texted me some pictures of a 31 Tudor sedan that he bought. His plan is to build a traditional 50's style hotrod out of it but in studying the pictures he sent, I see a number of things that make me think it's a legit Deluxe car. I see what looks like a seat adjuster on the driver seat and there are pull handles and...05-05-2019, 07:49 PM -
I love my 30' Tudor but the front seats are just not very comfortable & my lower back starts to ache within an hours drive time. I'm sure I'm not alone on this one, any suggestions, other than switching out to modern seats, I really don't want to radically change the interior that much.04-02-2018, 08:59 PM -
When was the rear seat support a cone and when was it a bar? bar in the picture.
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Someone point me in the right direction if I am seemingly dumb.
I have searched this forum and several other places looking for one specific reasonable answer. Specifically a decent anchor point for the center seat belt straps for the rear seat of a Tudor. Other than the very thin/flimsy metal floor pan of the Tudor, there is only a fairly narrow frame channel along the back edge....04-15-2020, 11:06 PM -
Have any of you Tudor owners moved or considered moving the front seats back for a little more legroom, especially while driving??06-18-2019, 09:15 PM -
Next week we are doing a 4-day tour. Our first. (Yay). We have a small-ish dog that normally rides in a car seat that suspends from the headrest of one of our other cars. The car we will be touring in is a '29 Tudor and the dog will be in the back. Does anyone have an idea of a frame or a bracket that would support a doggie car seat for the back of a Tudor? Thanks.09-13-2019, 01:26 AM
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Car seats for children now require two hooks that the car seat hooks onto. Also, when the seat is installed facing forward there is a strap that goes from the top of the car seat to another anchor hook behind the seat.
Has anyone installed these special anchor hooks in their A?
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In 2014 our Model A club had a demonstration put on by Elizabeth of Classtique Upholstery, showing how to reupholster a Tudor rear seat.
Elizabeth sure does nice work, and makes it look easy. Too bad I didn't have a video camera for this job. Notice the nice frame Elizabeth made to compress the seat springs while doing the upholstery work. The last picture shows the bead on the rear of the seat,...You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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I put the driver side front seat in my early 1932 standard tudor project last week and learned that I need more space behind the wheel. There appear to be several options. The later 1931 deluxe models had an adjustable track on the driver side seat. I don't know if any used ones are available, but Bert's (seat slider kit $79.00) and Bratton's (3 stud slide track $149.00) seem to offer a similar solution...12-09-2019, 08:11 PM -
Hi all, decided it was unfair for me to be asking my questions on Bill’s thread about his restoration, so will start this thread to continue my quest for answers as I try to restore my 29 Tudor. It’s a snowmobile, converted to such in 1936. I bought it in Wisconsin in the 1970s, when I had a small ski area in Vermont. Back then I removed the body behind the cowl, mechanically restored the chassis...02-05-2020, 12:04 AM
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