Ive been wanting to build a rat rod for years now, and this June I got a phone call from a older friend of mine that has a shed full of old Fords. He needed to get one out (the one i wanted) to use the motor for a project he had. Long story short, it took about two weeks to dig this out of his shed.
It is EXACTLY what I wanted. It is a 1930 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan. I think it was originally Washington Blue but as you can see, kinda hard to tell now, lol. It has no motor, tranny, floor, interior, roof, paint, you name it. All I wanted was the rusty body. It had been sitting in a field for probly upwards of 30 years before my friend bought it and tucked it away in his shed. It accumulated 40+ bullet holes mostly in the rear end while in that field. I think they add great character. My plans are to build or buy a frame (most expensive part of the project), put either a Ford 351W or 390 in it, chop it of course, and lower it. ABSOLUTELY NO PAINT, some sort of leather interior. I definalty have my work cut out for me.
I will commense the build hopefully next summer, I have to brush up on my welding skills first. So, what do you guys think? Not too bad for $700.










Here is one of part of the shed I dug it out of. By the way, i am NOT kidding.



And finally, here it is in front of my house next to my beloved late xB. Interesting fact: There are almost exactly the same length and have almost exactly the same wieght (when new of course.)

 

priceless

 

That makes your xB look car show ready.

 

woahhhhhh this will be freakkin great to watch!
congrats!!!! needless to say....keep us up to date

 

not into old cars but thats really cool actually
a lot of work
good luck

 

AMAZING!

Good luck.

That Ford lives in Wisconsin and has not turned to dust? Wow.

 

can't wait too see the finished product!!!

 

damn, that shell alone is worth some $$

you have some good friends!

cant wait ti see this build. it should be awesome.

 

Why no paint?

 

Rat rods are traditionally kept rusty or painted in a primer-usually flat black or grey. Im a big fan of the rusty look and alot of people keep telling me to paint it flat black and fill in the bullet holes. I just hope the rust thats on it wont completly rot the car away.

 

rat rods are the shiznit. Cant wait to see your progress.

 

Now I am not sure on prices for old cars like that, but by looking at the condition of that car, no motor, tranny, etc and in the shape it is in....$700 seems a little steep IMHO. But by any means, good luck on the project. I would like to do something like that someday, restore an old car and have a "toy" for the weekends. Good luck!

 

Excellent choice.
Do not fill in those holes!!! I see hot rods in shows and they put those bullet hole stickers on. Looks dumb.

I would blast it and flat black it. It looks great as is but it will only get worse. Though I'm surpised its still in tact being in wisconsin.

I say chop it, lower it, lose the fenders, throw on some steelies, put in a wood floor, bench seat, leave the top open, three speed, white walls......oh man I getting excited!! I really want to build one too! Just can't make it a priorty yet. Do what you want though. I'm just suggesting what I would do. On that note add a buick straight 6 with a holley four barrel, dual headers, and have it set up to run on alcohol.:D

Keep us up to date. I realy want to see this come together.