Putting a V8 in a model a

[dumb person]

Originally Posted by CarlLaFong

In your first post., you say that you don't know how. You need to carefully examine your skill set. Can you weld? Do you have a large enough space and a set of tools? You don't just stick in a V8 and call it good. Everything needs to be altered in some fashion. Brakes, suspension, possible frame boxing, steering and on and on. Don't get in over your head

This is true. Most people don't have a clue & the car ends up unfinished & sent straight to the crusher.

Originally Posted by Dick Steinkamp

Hot rodders are no dummies. They know that the fastest and least expensive way to get to a finished car is to start with the best one they can afford.

Hot rodders do not seek out crap in order to "save" the good stuff for restorers. If you do so, you will be among the first (and maybe not the brightest)

Actually most people i meet who call themselves 'hotrodders' are mouth breathing retards who can't even figure out how to paint a car without resorting to spray cans. Then there's the ones that are car enthusiasts, like myself, and can actually do things properly. Those kind are too rare for my personal tastes. (the trick is not to go around calling yourself a hotrodder. I myself, am a car enthusiast with a bias toward original cars. But i'd assemble a 'not original' style one from junk, and i have done so in the past.)



And as for saying that my seeking out the worse parts to save the better ones for restorers might not be the brightest move, are you calling me stupid or something? Am i really? Am i?