Ford : Other model A

 1930 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan Custom Hot Rod

This appraisal has been completed for your own use and for your insurance purposes. It

reports my frndings and opinions conceming your automobile at this time. based upon my

personal inspection compleied on this date. This. is an update of an appraisal first completed

March 24 of 20L0 and thln updated on August 14th of 2011'

Vehicle Identification

The car is an unpainted 1930 Ford Model A Tudor sedan custom hot rod serial # A3178362

(taken from the serial plate welded to the front right hand side of the frame)- This is a valid

serial number that fails within the correct numerical range for an American built 1930 Model

A. The Ontario ownership document. in your name. was inspected and confirmed to have the

correct seriai number. The car is not branded. The vehicle is tagged with valid ontario license

plates . BLAN 14g. An odometer has been installed since the last inspection and it is reading

1i3 miles.

Vehicle Condition and Equipment Summary

The car is in generally "very good" overall customized condition. Well known as the

. Hemiroid. its briild was completed about 8 years ago by noted custom car builder Stony

Smith of Oddball Kustoms in Uxbridge Ontario. The Ford Tudor body is free of any structural

rust damage and has been heavily modified including. but not limited to. a chopped roof. /p>

shortened overall length. custom designed and engineered gullwing doors. custom taillights

and the elimination oitfr" car's original wheel welis. The car is purposely left unpainted but is

now coated with "Shark Hide" brand clear metal protectant. The frame is a custom built unit

that has been painted black. The interior is in very good customized condition. The engine is a

1958 Chrystei zs+ CID Hemi V8 that is in very good running condition.

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Vehicle Condition and Equipment Details

The front of the car is in generally good condition. The radiator shell and grille assembly

was sourced from a 1935 Ford truck. It has been shortened to fit the car. As on the rest of the

car. no paint is present and as such no body filler is present as well. A custom made

"Hemiroid" emblem has been fiued to the top of the shell. The vintage B-L-C brand headlight

buckets are purposely in aged condition with some surface rust present. Standard headlights are

fitted. Stainless steel side lamps have been added to the sides of the buckets. No fenders are

present.

Both doors are in generally good condition. The car's original doors have been welded shut

as they can no longer be used due to the new location of the rear wheels. The current doors are

custom designed and engineered gullwing units built from the rear side and roof panels of the

body in combination with some new metal to fill the car's opening for the original fabric roof'

They are hinged on the roof. have a latch assembly at their bottom front edge and are suppofted

by a single gas charged strut when open. A custom steel square tube frame has been built for

each door to facilitate this. Custom made laminated slider windows have been installed in each

door.

The balance of the 1930 Ford Model A Tudor body is in generally good condition. As

mentioned it has been heavily customized with a chop to the roof and a shortening of its overall

length. Some new metal has been welded into place on the bottom of the body and towards the

rear of the body to replace in the original wheel wells. Oddball Kustoms emblems are htted to

the sides of the cowl. Again no paint is present but the car is coated with Shark Hide brand

protectant.

The rear taillights are mounted in custom made pods welded to the body. The lenses are

sourced from a 1953 or 1954 Ford and the lights themselves are LED units. Custom made solid

steel rear bumperettes are integral to the rear of the frame and have been painted black. The

body has been fitted to the frame with engineered body mounts.

The car's windshield is a laminated unit mounted to the car with a custom stainless steel

frame. The small rear window is also a laminated unit as are the side glass units. An electric

wiper assembly is added to the windshield. A glass sunroof assembly from a modern Nissan

hai been installed in the roof. A small steel sun visor has been welded to the front edge of the

roof assembly. A Sirius brand antenna is mounted at the rear of the roof. The original Model A

cowl mounted gas tank assembly has been retained and is now fitted with a custom made hller

assembly and sending unit assembly. A black centre accent stripe has also been applied to the

tank.

Two 165/80R15 Nanking radial tires are mounted to polished aluminum Ansen Slot wheels

on the front of the car. The tires date from 2009 and show no real tread wear. The outside

sidewalls have been smoothed to eliminate any markings in the rubber. The rims are in good

condition though the centre caps are aged. The rear tires arcP255170R15 B. F. Goodrich Radial

T/A tires also mounted to wider slotted aluminum wheels with vintage E-T centre caps. The

rear tires also date from 2009 and remain in very good condition. They too have had their

outside sidewalls smoothed. The alloy rims are in good condition outside of a small repaired

area on the driver's side lip.

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The undercarriage of the car is in generally good condition. The boxed steel frame was a

new unit custom engineered and built by Oddball Kustoms for the car. It has been finished with

biack POR-15 brand rust protectant paint. It incorporates ladder style bracing for additional

strength. The front I-beam suspension is a vintage 1936 Ford assembly with a single transverse

leaf spring. The rear suspension incorporates a 1974 Cadillac differential. Tube shocks are

fitted at all four comers. The front disc brakes are vented and drilled GM units mounted with

custom made heavy steel brackets. The braking system incorporates a dual circuit master

cylinder and power assist. The floorboards of the car are mainly new metal welded into place

to accommodate the car's new custom configuration. They have been coated with black POR-

15 paint.

The car is equipped with a 354 CID 1958 Chrysler Hemi V8 engine. The engine serial

number LC2Y-1397C confirms that the block was originally a Canadian built 1958 Chrysler

Windsor 354 CID Hemi V8 factory rated at 310 horsepower. The engine was in good original

running condition and did not need internal work before being installed in the car. The engine

is fitted with a four-barel Edelbrock 600 cfm carburetor mounted to a period Chrysler cast iron

intake manifold and fitted with a custom air cleaner housing. A proper crankcase ventilation

system has been fitted since the last inspection. The original "Chrysler Firepower" valve

covers have been copper plated. Some blistering is developing in the plating. A Harley

Davidson oil temperature gauge is mounted in the oil filler tube. A Chevrolet water pump has

been installed with the use of specific adapters for this conversion. A chrome 100 amp

alternator has been fitted. A "Vintage Air" air conditioning system has been installed. Billet

aluminum pulleys have also been installed. A spin-on oil filter adapter has been fitted. The

engine is mated to a General Motors TH-400 three-speed automatic transmission that is in

good working condition. A Hot Heads brand adapter plate is used to attach it to the engine.

The radiator is fitted with an electric fan. An aluminum overflow bottle is fiued to the

radiator. The car's firewall is its original unit in good structural condition and has been painted

black. The dual exhaust system is in good working condition and incorporates two custom

made headers. two glass pack mufflers and stainless steel tailpipes.

The interior is in generally very good customized condition. The original Model A steel

dash has been retained. An Autometer 120 mph speedometer with an integral tachometer is

installed along with a matching Autometer Quad System combination fuel gauge. oil pressure

gauge. water temperature gauge and volt gauge. A Marine Alpine stereo system has been

installed and it incorporates an IDA-X100M receiver. MRP F-300 amplifier. an MC10

controller. Alpine speakers and a Bazooka brand subwoofer are also installed. The aluminum

Grumman buttertly steering wheel is an aviation unit in aged original condition. A custom

made Hemiroid centre cap is installed. A period style aftermarket tum signal switch has been

fitted to the steering column.

A custom made vinyl seat has been installed. RCI brand 4-point safety belts have also been

fitted. The interior of the body is framed with a tubular steel safety cage. Custom side and door

panels have been fitted. A new custom fitted carpet is installed. A B&M shifter assembly is

mounted in the centre of the comparlment. The battery is located behind the seat assembly and

it is securely fitted. A Halon fire extinguisher is also present in the interior. A custom made

heavy duty cover is included with the car.

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The car was started and moved but not driven at the time of the inspection. The engine

started easily and ran well with no abnormal engine noises heard and no exhaust smoke seen.

Evaluation

This 1930 Model A has been heavily modified and bears little resemblance to an original

example. Coined the "Hemiroid" by its builder. it has been featured in several magazines and is

now well known in both the local and intemational hot rod community. The chopped and

shortened body. with gullwing doors. set far back on the custom made frame was

unprecedented. The early Chrysler Hemi engine. a valuable unit on its own. further

differentiates this car's build.

The body modifications. custom made frame and the engineering required to marry

everything into a cohesive. functioning vehicle is exceptionally labour intensive. After the first

inspection the car was further rehned by the original builder and fitted with new interior

panels. a new stereo system. air conditioning and new windows. Since the last inspection

further refinements have been made to the interior instrument package. the gas tank assembly

and the engine's crankcase ventilation system.

The only way this truly unique vehicle could be replaced correctly in the event of a total

loss continues to be to build another one from scratch.

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