Thread: What do I do?

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The guys are right, a lot depends on what you had to shell out for it and how you intend on using it. It doesn't make a lot of sense IMO to buy an expensive old car and then start rodding it. You can't get enough money out of the antique leftover parts to justify it.

If you do hot rod it all that you will be using is the body and fenders essentially. The frame will need boxed and new crossmembers to make it strong enough to work well so a reproduction hot rod frame makes economical sense there. The Ford engine you are thinking about is not an easy install into a Model A...........I know, I have one in my 27 on a Model A frame. They are long and the fix is about $ 1000.00 worth of short water pump and related pulleys, timing cover, etc. Otherwise you set the engine back into your firewall so far it encroaches on your footroom.

If you got it cheap then have at it and cut it up.......but if not you would do better to not molest this old gal and leave it to some restorer who will appreciate it the way it is. I did exactly that with a 38 Chevy sedan I owned years ago. I bought it to hot rod, but the guy who restored it did such a nice job I didn't have the heart to change it, so I sold it to a restorer type who appreciated it stock.

Don