I feel dirty

[Hoogah]

Nooooooooo!!
Just watched (sort of) a perfectly good Tudor body get chopped via a Model A Facebook site of which I am a member. Almost feels like I aided and abetted just by “being there”.

[JDupuis]

Guilty by association!
Report yourself to the nearest police station. lol Jeff

[Oldbluoval]

I used to feel that way too but.....
There are so many cars that sit around and never get on the road.
If they chop it and put a hot running gear under it AND get it driving and enjoy
It's better than mice, spiders and other vermin enjoying it
Besides the owner may make a more valuable car than restoring a tudor
Just MHO

[Licensed to kill]

That chop was nicely done. Looks like about 4". A well done hot rodded model A will always bring more money that a restored stock one. Many cars that get chopped and/or hot rodded are too far gone to be worth restoring (cost too much to restore and aren't worth enough when they are done) so, like Oldbluoval said, better that than leaving them to go back to dust. I have and appreciate both stock and rodded model A's but I do admit that I get a bit emotional when I see someone chop and/or hot rod a VERY nice original or restored car

[Bill G]

In my stock Tudor, I have a hard time seeing traffic signals when I am stopped at a light. I am not the tallest person in the world at 5'9". I have to crouch down. How the heck can someone see traffic lights when several inches have been chopped off? They must have to modify the seats too!

[George Miller]

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We have lost a lot of rights in our country. I think it is better to let the ones that own them do what they want with them.

With that said I would not and have never cut up a nice Model A. But I believe people should have that right.

Of the 25 Model A,s that I have redone, most were made from junk or parts.

[Synchro909]

Like others, I also admire some of the work done by hot rodders but would never do it myself.
Before a hot rod is put on the road here, it must be inspected by an engineer and certified as safe. I have NO PROBLEM with that. Chopping a body like that would not pass inspection.

[pooch]

I am a hot rodder, but also cringe at chopping original Model A bodies for a fad.

I fitted 30 stainless stanchions to my 28 ,and had a set of rough windscreen posts that I could have quite easily chopped, but as they have survived for 85 years, I let them rest on the shelf, and made some lower stanchion brackets out of some RHS.

I did not have a spare windscreen frame, so I made one from scratch as it had to be lower than standard .

If I did have an original frame, unless it was so far gone, I would not have chopped that either.

I just hope these dudes put those chopped sections in a box and keep them for the next dude in case he wants to resurrect the roof.

I had a very nice cowl tank, and I put that away and bought a rusted out lump to cut the bottom out of.

I also cringed when a while later, I salvaged a cut out section of a 31 tank from the scrap bin of a local hot rod shop.

It was like shiny new inside.

The terne plate was all there with just a hint of brown fuel stain.

I actually kept it for a couple of years , dunno what for, it would never be welded back into anything, and finally junked it so I would not have to cringe everytime I looked at it.

[Purdy Swoft]

I agree with George miller in post #6 I have built my collection from cars that others didn't want . Most of mine didn't run or hadn't run in many years when I bought them . I have never chopped any of mine . I have only made mods that could easily be returned to stock .

[Synchro909]

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[rich b]

At least there are plenty of Model A's to go around. Some to be restored, some to be left original, and some to be modified.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Don't act SO APALLED, many of us have cut up stuff------
Bill Laffin'

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by BILL WILLIAMSON

Don't act SO APALLED, many of us have cut up stuff------
Bill Laffin'

Yep, just tonight I cut up a perfectly good pizza. It helped warm me up.

[Railcarmover]

Here,you want to puke? well puke then..



its your car,do what you want...fill it with concrete if you want. But if you get likkered up and grab the sawzall at least have the decency to bury it in the backyard after you butcher it,dont post it up and show the world your sins..

"Selling my 1931 model A ford rat rod body all the doors are there along with dash and fire wall has most of the floor board Hardly any rust it had started to be chopped 2" but was never finished makes a great rat rod project it's really clean not much dents and I very firm on the price no trades thanks come grab it show contact info txt or call"

[Purdy Swoft]

Really !!! the only thing left that may have been worth saving was probably ruined by leaving the gas cap off .

[Railcarmover]

abortions dont necessarily need a sawzall..take this '26 T speedster

1926 Ford Model T Speedster, a restored example that not only looks great but runs well, Complete and ready for its new owner. Electric Fuel pump added and just serviced.....



why no respecting T speedster owner would be caught dead without this book in the treasure chest..

[1930-Pickup]

Originally Posted by Railcarmover

abortions dont necessarily need a sawzall..take this '26 T speedster

1926 Ford Model T Speedster, a restored example that not only looks great but runs well, Complete and ready for its new owner. Electric Fuel pump added and just serviced.....



why no respecting T speedster owner would be caught dead without this book in the treasure chest..

How do I gasp in text form?

[daveymc29]

I bought a like new tool box for a 29 De luxe Delivery from a guy that had hotrodded a high point restoration and was putting in modern seats so he no longer needed the tool box that goes under and behind the passenger seat. Never could have found that part if he hadn't hotrodded a beautiful car. Lucky for me they exist.

[Licensed to kill]

Originally Posted by daveymc29

I bought a like new tool box for a 29 De luxe Delivery

Not to change the subject but I thought the "deluxe delivery" was only 30-31 and that the 28-29's were "sedan deliveries". Did they actually make a '29 deluxe delivery?.

from a guy that had hotrodded a high point restoration and was putting in modern seats so he no longer needed the tool box that goes under and behind the passenger seat. Never could have found that part if he hadn't hotrodded a beautiful car. Lucky for me they exist.

Good point. I am building a '31 DD and will be modifying it which left me with a couple DD specific parts that I will not be using. I already gave the metal floor strips away to a guy with a beautiful restored '31 DD that was missing the strips and had been unable to find any in 20 or 30 years of searching and I still have the extra long rear bumper brackets that I will not be using.

[Hoogah]

I was walking back out of my shed just now, and my gaze briefly landed on this randomly placed assortment of bits. (Sorry, you’ll have to rotate it).
For a millionth of a microsecond, my head asked: “Hmm. Ratrod?” What was I thinking? My heart quickly said: “Nah!”.
I blame this thread.