My First A - 1931 S/W Fordor

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Originally Posted by Cape Codder

NH-A This car of yours is a great start getting into this hobby! Everything looks so VERY sound!

I have two questions concerning the back of the front seat, mainly the pouch. I'm sure the pouch is for a blanket and would like to know if you could take a picture of it with the flap UP so we can see how it is constructed? Do you have a blanket in the pouch?

Good luck with your NEW acquisition!

Yes, I can get that later today. Is there anything else you need photos of? No blanket, only a box of headlight bulbs.

The underside and firewall of the car WILL be painted, I plan on using this as a daily driver and want it nice and protected. The interior will be replaced, the photos make it look nice but the front seat has significant loss of the mohair(?) from moths or something in guessing? The front door panels are okay but worn, the rear door panels are okay, headliner is ripped, and the various interior hard panels are in okay shape but very dry feeling, and some are warped. I like to save things, so the interior will be put away for storage since it might be good for patterns? The wood graining is present but not sure how to describe it. Maybe dry and porous feeling? I think it's supposed to be hard and glossy, and it's very soft and dull. Looking into hydrodipping it all, I have an email to a known good woodgrainer but I have a feeling it's going to be thousands to have it done that way. AKA the interior feels kind of musty and almost gross as is, it's definitely good for knowing how it was built but usability is not there, I would not want to be driving it as is.

As for the body, still undecided. Keep providing your opinions, I find them very helpful! The bare minimum the exterior would need is the entire roof repainted, the header repainted, and the front drivers fender touched up. I'm not sure if that means the original paint is too far gone or if that's expected. The only fear I have with the original paint is how well it will protect the metal, unless every single scrape and chip gets touched up, and at that point, it's easier to paint the whole thing.

If it matters, if I were to repaint, it would be in single stage black in the factory style with apple green stripes.