Thread: 1928 model a roadster

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Your 28 reminds me of a local here's 30. I thought i'd post it for you.

cool photo thanks -love the flathead . I actually had 8 flatheads at one stage and was going to put one in the roadster but I found them expensive for machining and parts and complicated so decided to swap them for a 6ta triumph motor cycle project and just have smblk chevs in all my cars (apart from the Pontiac lemans convert)

been back down in the workshop lately. started back at work , but only managing 3-4 hrs in the morning then home for a swim and down into the workshop to potter around .its proving to be quite hard getting back to work fitness but I'm enjoying it so we'll see.
started working on the brakes- the new holden master cyl didn't bolt straight onto the Subaru vac servo so pulled it apart and modified it with some new bigger bolt/studs and removal of two xtra ones not needed.

the turbo 350 long/short issue caused me alsorts of bother until I remembered that I had a couple of other ones in the container and upon looking found another long one and a short one.(duh - senility!!!!) it was originally in the model-a pickup and I had bought it off the previous owner along with the 305 mtr currently in jethro so I was confident that it would be alright. pulled it apart and it looked fine and also had a deep sump and extended filter/pickup so some new gaskets and paint and job done -- no more stress.

Glad you got your tranny issue sorted, Mark, and with no cutting! All good, and glad to hear that the new body parts are working for you, too.

That worked out great!

Cool build Mark. Your Model A should be much more comfy, leg room wise than that T roadster you took a spin in...

Originally Posted by sharpmark

... the old guy is into model t's and took me for a drive in his old stock t-pickup--excellant fun

Love that picture. That's what my old RPU started its life as...

great contrasting photos - thanks
man -I like everything about your pickup but that grille.
I just get put off by all the straight lines on the body/deck and then the grille has -------- fallen over.
I guess its pretty obvious ,I'm a tradionalist for the early bodies -either 32 or 28 grille and that later grille goes better with the flowing mudguards of the later cars.
but , thank goodness we're not all the same!!
by the way your photo could have been taken just out of Christchurch -south island - new zealand

I guess all I can say is I'm not a "me too" kind of guy. '32 and '28 Ford grill shells have been used to ad nauseam (I have a deuce grill on my '31 Tudor). When I finally decide to sell the RPU the next guy can unbolt the OEM '34 grill, sell it for some large green, and then bolt on the belly button shell of his choice.

thought I better update this
I've done NOTHING - feeling pretty uninspired lately
on a positive note - been doing plenty of driving in my other cars

Than you have been doing SOMETHING! Enjoying life is always a good thing to do!! insert smiles "here"..

update time - - very little progress. have done some of the brake lines.

Lines look nice. Perhaps it's the camera angle or something.. it seems like the rubber flex line at the rear axle is a tad short. Just curious.. 8-)

Any progress is good progress! Plus, what's the hurry? From my perspective having options on where to apply time day to day is not a bad thing. I need to pick up a good flaring tool so I can re-do a brake line on the '32. I've never owned one before, but know that I want a decent one (good value).

On that rubber line, it looks to me like it's in an almost horizontal plane, and probably has almost a foot of flex vertically, if not more?

i'm easily distracted so while i'm not doing much to the roadster , I've nearly finished a trailor for my daughter, are halfway thru restoring an old hotrod trailor from our clubs past, an also started doing some bodywork on my little modified project.
the rear hose has plenty of movement !! roger hit the nail on the head!