They say that a picture can say a thousand words. Well in that case, I think an old car holds no secrets, and can tell you quite the history if you are observant enough to see it. Having served as a faithful Model A, this old Ford has lived an interesting life, as a car, a truck, and very nearly as a hot rod. A young man purchased this Farm converted Model A truck to convert it into the hot rod of his dreams. Apparently he fell short on completing the project as he passed away not long after acquiring the car. Now this is your chance to revive this sweet little A project! Check it out here on eBay out of Fairview, Oregon.
Before his passing, apparently the young man pulled the engine out in preparation for his hot rod conversion. I would think that the engine would be nearby, but it is unclear if the engine is still around. Despite the potentially missing engine, the transmission is still in place, as is the coil and the fuel filter assembly. There are a wide array of engines that could make this Model A their home. Perhaps a 331 Caddy, or maybe an old Hemi would get the job done?
The interior is bare bones at this point, but the seller seems fairly optimistic about the condition of the body, along with the condition of the interior metal work. A set of old bomber seats would be cool, and sort of fitting in a way, considering that someone at some point in time wrote “A-Bomb” on the outside of this Ford.
While there is a lot of dust, dirt, and surface rust, it would seem that there is limited rot in this 90 year old car. While not original, the interesting truck bed conversion is a bit charming and fascinating, due to the needs that became evident back then. Anyone now a days would simply just buy a truck, but at this stage in time, many bought their one car, and were done. You had all that you needed. So the ingenuity, and the creative idea to make your car serve your own life better is a neat premise for sure. If you are looking for a project to make into a concourse winning machine, this likely isn’t for you. Although, if you are looking for a decently solid project, this Model A has loads of character, and something seems a bit romantic about completing this hot rod project that the young man never got the chance to complete. What would you do with this Model A Ford project?
Looks like a die cast model.
Love the break shoe…
Give it a flathead and drive it forever.
A little 351W would go a long way in this car.
Did this belong to Bonnie and Clyde?
I remember seeing allot of these P/U conversions in 50’s, I have to think this has to why ,Detroit decided to build El Camino’s and Ranchero’s!
I look at these old cars today thinking is it really worth restoring, you would have 30k+ in them if you did the work yourself .
As a boy growing up in rural Northern California a neighbor had one of these with the truck bed in the back. Even as a youngster I knew that wasn’t a stock item, it had been bought and repaced the trunk. That was in the early 50’s and this is the first one I’ve seen since, very cool, wish I could get it but I can’t.
God bless America
The Steelers look better than the wire wheels in my opinion.
i hate the steelers
“Young man”? When was this? Again, what I would give to hear the story of the car and ownership. What were the plans for the car? How much did he pay, where did he buy it? How did he die? Sick, or bad behavior? If it was decades ago, it would be fun to hear the story, of course if it was recently, then out of respect, not so much.
ambitious but very cool. This ol gal shows the life she had, patched up, pickup box, etc! Either the flathead, early 289, or horrors- an early 283? Or whatcha got. In true hot rodder fashion- use what ya got laying around. or plop the body on a Brookville chassis. Sky’s the limit. Good luck and happy motoring!
Cheers
GPC
During WW2 many cars were converted to trucks to get around gas rationing.
Will never understand why when our nation is at war, people trying to take advantage against the public good. Rationing was there so our soldiers could do their jobs, not so someone could go tooling around as they “did not” help out the country. Say what you will about the last two useless decades of conflict, but WWII was a needed war, unfortunately.
Yes, a truck got a “T” sticker. Still limited, but allowed for more than the “A” sticker, very little there. My first car, a derlict 23 T was a truck, so had a T. Ratioining over when I got it to run.. r/ rt
yea Geigercounter, if we didn’t get into WW2 we would be speaking german. The greatest Generation made huge sacrifices that keep us free. The past 2 decades were also. Everyone pitched in and did their part, whether on the front, behind a desk or working in a factory/ Besides, who on here is commander in chief and can decide whether we needed to go. That’s the end of this conversation and lets get back to the cars.
GPC
Reading the eBay ad it appears the “young man” had his hot rod dreams in 1962 or thereabouts. It doesn’t sound like the current owner pulled any other pieces out of the barn when he aquired the car, so anyone looking to restore has a lot to gather up. With that said, I hope someone restores it instead of cutting it up. There are ‘glass bodies available for relatively cheap, original Henry steel is harder and harder to come by. I do work in the area where this car is, I’d be interested to see what else the seller has found.