1928 Ford Model A

BROKERS: DO NOT NEED HELP SELLING
TRADERS: Possibly for a NICE pre-64 Truck

Up for sale is my 1928 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan. The asking price is $21. 00. Serious buyers can call or text me at 210 722 3090

There are a lot more pictures available on my old Photobucket by searching for  TudorJeff

The Good:
~ This is an East Coast style car that has been channeled 4" and not chopped.

~ It's low. loud. and turns heads everywhere you go.

~ It is a proven driver that I wouldn't hesitate to drive across the country - tonight. It handles highway speeds with ease and always runs cool.

~ I just installed a new set of Coker Radials that look like bias plies and they have less than a couple hundred miles on them. They improved the handling over the original bias plies that I ran on it for years. especially over grooved pavement.

~ It has a clear Texas title in my name and a huge folder with receipts and details on the build of this car.

~ Over the Christmas holidays I drove it home from storage and did a few things that have been on my mind. I installed a new battery. new Napa starter. brand new Edelbrock carburetor. had a new driveshaft built (new from yoke to u-joints). replaced the passenger door glass because it had a small crack. slightly shortened and adjusted the throttle cable. and had an old friend help me better time it and tune it with a vacuum gauge. Wow it runs great. I'd drive this car anywhere. In fact I drove it around some this spring before putting it back in storage for the summer.

~ The rest of the car has basically been untouched since I completed it in 2009.

The Bad:
~ This is an East Coast style car that has been channeled 4" and not chopped.

~ It's low. loud. and turns heads everywhere you go.

~ I'm kidding really. There is not much bad with this car. Yes. the wife wears earplugs when we go on long trips and no there are no wipers on the car. and yes it leaks some when it rains but that's part of the fun and the charm of this car.

~ In reality. it's reasonably comfortable. especially if you have ridden in similar cars and It's 100% reliable. It has a home-made interior that makes it a bit quieter and cooler and the new seats make it very comfortable. My wife has ridden 7 hours in the car with no complaints. THIS CAR IS NO RAT ROD. It was built to be driven and driven a lot using lots of new parts and a well thought out plan. Any welding or fabrication that I felt I could not handle was farmed out to the best professionals I could find.

~ The reason I am putting it on the market is that we just don't drive it as much as we used to when we lived in the Midwest. We have another old car with Vintage Air that we drive MUCH more. If it does not generate much interest or if the market will not bear the asking price. I am content driving it just a couple months out of the year. I have no time for gas monkey-style bargaining or tire kickers.


The Details:

The rolling project was bought by a friend of mine in 2006 out of a barn in Minnesota where it had set untouched for 55 years.

He found another project he wanted more so I bought the rolling project from him and sold off everything except the body. grill shell. and front windshield.

I bought a bare perimeter chassis made out of 2x3x3/16 tubing that included a 32-style front cross member and was setup for coil over shocks and was tapered at the front and included hand fabricated frame horns. I added motor and transmission mounts. brake pedal mounts. radiator mounts. and body mounts. The motor and transmission mounts on the chassis are the tubular one-piece mounts from Speedway. The transmission mount is removable to enhance serviceability. All "Z'd" parts of the frame have been reinforced with fish plates and the frame has been coated with POR-15. The front of the frame from the firewall forward has been coated with POR-15 and their UV-resistant top coat.

All hardware used on this car is minimally grade 8 and mostly fine thread.

The rear suspension is setup with a speedway 4-bar kit with coil over shocks from RideTech. The rear end is a 10-bolt GM unit with 3. 08:1 gears. It also has a panhard bar and billet aluminum lower coil over shock mounts. Prior to driving. the rear end was serviced and all brake hardware was replaced. It was also painted with POR-15. In 2015 a new set of Summit axles were installed along with seals and bearings.

The front is setup with hairpin-style radius rods. a Posie's super slide reverse-eye spring and a Super bell 4" drop axle. It also has GM-style disk brakes and a new (not rebuilt/reversed) steering box from Flaming River. The front suspension is complete with spring clamps. chrome shocks from Speedway and a steering stabilizer from So Cal.

The engine is a SBC 350 / TH-350 combo. The odometer on the car showed 96k miles and then I drove this car probably 5000 per year from 2009 to 20013 so you can figure the drivetrain has about 120k miles on it.

Prior to driving the car. all the accessories on the motor were replaced. a new rear main seal was installed along with new oil pan gaskets. valve covers and gaskets. fuel pump. carburetor. one-wire alternator. etc. The motor has not been rebuilt but it has been regularly serviced and has not ever left me stranded.

The transmission was replaced with a rebuilt unit in 2011 and has performed well.

The radiator is a high performance aluminum model for a 65 Pony Car that happens to fit nicely behind the 1928 grille shell.

The brakes are fed by a non-powered master cylinder that includes a bracket welded on the chassis under the driver's floor. The system includes a proportioning block and residual pressure valves where needed. The brake lines are all stainless steel and are secured to the chassis with drilled and tapped clamps. The brake light switch is a mechanical switch instead of a pressure switch. With the disks on the front and drums on the back. the brakes stop true and straight on this car.

The body was channeled using 11 ga and 16 ga tubing. The channeled sub frame was welded to the original sub frame before being cut out. This left the body square and secure when the channel job was complete. The body is mounted to the chassis with 5/8" grade-8 fine thread hardware and is sitting on polyurethane mounting pads.

The lower firewall was fabricated out of 14-ga sheet metal and installed to secure the steering column and the floors to the sub frame.

The visor was hand-made with holes punched all the way across.

The floors. including the form-fitting transmission tunnel were hand-made out of 16-gauge sheet metal. They were painted with POR-15 prior to installation.

The battery tray was hand made to secure the battery and gas tank to rear subframe at the back of car. The car currently has a battery from AutoZone facilitating easy warranty replacement when on a trip.

The fuel tank was hand made to fit the rear package tray and a stainless steel filler cap was added to the rear sail panel. The tank holds approximately 15 gallons of fuel. The exterior of the tank was painted with POR-15 prior to installation.

Fuel lines are 95% steel with rubber just for isolation and vibration protection. They are secured to the chassis with drilled and tapped clamps.

The battery cables are 1-0 gauge and run from the battery at the rear of the car to the starter. The ground cables are also 1-0 gauge and utilize ground lugs that were welded to the chassis when it was being fabricated. All battery terminals are crimped and soldered with the proper solder slugs.

The lake headers are the focus piece of the motor. They were fabricated by Geardrive Headers (Lakeheaders. com) and have removable baffles and turnouts. They have also been ceramic coated for great looks and long life. They give the mild motor a great sound yet keep it from being too loud.

There was very little body prep work and holes filled prior to painting. The inside and underside of the body was painted with POR-15 as were the handmade floors. The outside of the body was sprayed with black with semi-gloss single stage enamel. The wood roof bows were in good shape and were also painted with POR-15.

The steering column is a simple shaft with a quick release topped by a rare no-name metal flake steering wheel (yes it's rare. I've never found another one like it). The column has a double universal joint where it connects to the new Flaming River Corvair-style box.

The shifter is a 23" Lokar nostalgia shifter and the accelerator pedal is a spoon-style that both work very smooth. The neutral safety switch is not connected.

A Lokar emergency brake handle was added that mounts to the shifter and cables were run to the rear end.

The wire harness is an 8-circuit from Rebel Wire.

The headlights are 34 commercial reproductions from Vintique that have halogen bulbs and integrated turn signals.

The dash is a flat piece of sheet metal that houses the ignition switch. horn button. turn signal switch. radio remote switch and gauge cluster.

The gauges are "Traditional Chrome" series from Autometer and all of them work great including the fuel level. This car can travel about 3. 5 hours on a 15-gallon tank of fuel or it gets about 15-16 miles per gallon.

The gauges are housed in a finned aluminum gauge panel. There is no speedometer but there is a tachometer. I use an old phone for a speedometer and for tunes.

The interior has a working set of dome lights controlled with switches. a rear view mirror. and all the side windows roll up and down. The front windshield tilts out as designed which sends a nice draft of air down to the floor helping cool off the interior. The back window and the passenger side glass both have small cracks that do not interfere with the view.

The exterior of the car keeps clean with peep mirrors and stock style door handles. All the door locks work allowing it to sit at car shows and hotel parking lots securely.

The rear wheels are 15x7 Gennie's from Vintique that have been powder coated almond. They have thin ribbed trim rings and 1942-style caps. The rear tires are blackwall 8. 20R-15 radials from Coker that look like bis plies. The rear wheels have 2" spacers mounted between them and the rear drums to keep the tires away from the body. These spacers are the good kind that have their own set of lugs and studs.

The front wheels are 15x5 Gennie's from Vintique that have been powder coated almond. They have thin ribbed trim rings and 1942-style caps. The front tires are blackwall 5. 60R-15 radials from Coker that look like bis plies. None of the tires require tubes and all are new with less than 500 miles on them.

The seats are Pro Car brand from Speedway. They are designed to look like 65 Pony Car seats and they mount low to the floor and look and feel great.

The interior of the car was done by me with simple abs plastic door panels and marine vinly along with automotive carpet on the floors and back deck.

The doors and floor have been insulated and seal seamed with 3M sealer.

A roof insert was made with abs plastic and marine vinyl. It was supposed to be temporary 7 years ago but it has held up fantastic so I've never changed it.

I have kept meticulous records on the build of this car and it's amazing to see that it would cost $25k to recreate this car in parts alone. no labor included.

Again if it does not generate much interest or if the market will not bear the asking price. I am content driving it a couple months out of the year here in Texas. I have no time for gas monkey-style bargaining or tire kickers.

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