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Sorry to all you "original only" buffs but I really like the wood bed that Henry put in most of his early trucks.This one is 99% finished and just waiting for a new paint job. Was a pretty easy conversion just needed a bit of planning. It's a driver so no points lost. Also no serious changes made so would be pretty easy to return to original.
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Hey Mickey, that looks GREAT!!You wana look waaay far up da road and plan yer route because the brakes are far more of a suggestion than a command! -
You did great ! I thought I was in the for sale part, of VFF, for awhile and was looking for a price..png "smile")
Model A's and of course the famous AA'sComment
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You can always build it with the original steel bed, then protect it with a nice wood layer.Comment
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Chief brushed Body Color on his WOOD, wiped it so the color was just in the Grain & Cleared it. It looked SO SPIFFY!
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Nice work Mickey, it looks really great.png "thumb up")
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Thats a tidy looking job, is the wood from a kit or did you have it fabricated?Comment
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I could have fabricated it as I have a full woodworking shop in my basement but I had nothing to go by and being new to As I bought a kit from Mack Enterprises. Still there was a lot of fitting. My biggest problem was how to cover or use the holes in the side of the bed after the steel floor was removed. It's really nothing but 6X56x3/4" oak planks. -
http://www.mack-products.com/
http://www.mack-products.com/product...931-widebed-2/
The second link is the bed kit to convert the late 31 steel bed to wood. BTW the price show is incorrect. It'll be about $80 more
Ask for Joy. Tell her is sent you.Last edited by Mickey; 12-16-2017, 03:10 PM.
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today, ok day, was able to get to garage and tractor to the shop so I could at least touch a little A. Sat in roadster, seats sit nice, can’t believe its been early 80’s I’ve had it and hadn’t put it in. Maybe couple weeks and can remove/seal reinstall wood so I can finish. A couple of shots one from roadster seat, hey Henry! A special ‘66 convention banner.
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I have never seen original floorboards with just a wood preservative, unless Ford had some that looks like gloss black paint. I have a pretty nice set of original dovetailed Maple floorboards from an early 1929 Tudor, and they have a lot of the original black paint on them. They also have a run or two, so it looks to me like they got a heavy spray of gloss black or were dipped into the paint and hung...01-11-2018, 11:17 PM -
Are they the same for all 31 four doors?
Mine is a three window early 31, I jacked the car up on one, not a good thing to do. I am learning tho..........11-04-2017, 04:03 PM -
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About 40% of the A's in the Sierra Chapter, Fresno/Clovis CA, of M.A.F.C.A. have had engines replaced with Pintos (and others) to get AC and higher cruising speeds with better fuel mileage. Most of them, if'n you look past the 16's with radials and hydraulic brakes, look "original". Yesterday I looked at a 1930 Blindback that fits this description. Without the modifications it would be...05-26-2018, 10:16 AM -
Using the figures Here:
http://www.ahooga.com/info/product.shtml
http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/ABenginenumbers.htm#C1
If my math is correct an estimate of S/N 4,780,000 - 4,520,832 gives about 259,168 late 31' April-Sept.1931. Of 148,475 Tudors made of 626,575 31's in total that's ~23% of all production and 23% of late 31's is ~61,413 tudors -ballpark...08-17-2017, 07:38 PM -
I'm replacing the upholstery and when I pulled off the windlace at the back of the door I found what looks like a black piece of phenolic that starts below the curve in the door frame and follows the curve up untiI it straightens out and there stops and returns to wood (see picture). Problem is it's broken into several pieces on both sides. Anyone know what it's called and where I can find a replacement?...06-21-2018, 03:55 PM -
I was perusing through my book of Service Bulletins again today and stumbled across something rather interesting.
Henry suggested that when the points seemed to be dirty or corroded or in some way in need of a cleaning, that a whetstone be used to burnish the pads. Well, I was thinking to myself, since most of the folk I know that own a Model A might not even know what a whetstone is,...08-18-2017, 03:11 PM -
Does anyone have the original shade tassles for an early 31 they can post a picture of? I am interested in the color and the color of the twisted cord they hang from.03-22-2018, 08:41 PM
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