There are a lot of cars in the hot rod category, but very few come close to the originality of that term like this 1930 Ford Model A does. It is as traditional of a hot rod as it gets, being a highboy, but not chopped. This pure hot rod has a bid price of $5,600, with the reserve not yet met. It is has a clear title, a VIN listed, and 98,652 miles. Currently, it is located in Cairo, New York can be found here on eBay.
This four-cylinder engine is connected to a manual transmission. Recent updates have been made including a new wiring harness, new cap, rotor, plugs, and a rebuilt distributor. It is a six-volt system. The harness is from Mikes A Fordarble. A new battery has also been put in, the carburetor has been rebuilt, and the brakes have been worked on. The listing says that it runs, drives, and shifts without any issues.
Inside, the speedometer should be looked at because it works intermittently when the car is driving. The gas gauge is said to work though and so does an interior light. According to the listing, the interior has been refreshed, with new door cards and a reupholstered seatback. The glass is all said to be original. It was repainted sometime in the ’50s and there are no patch panels on the car, the body and frame are solid.
It rolls around on new Firestone champion deluxe tires on 16-inch wheels. The listing states that the car was bought from the original owner’s family. If you are looking to getting into the hot rod side of this hobby, this car would be an excellent start for that. It is almost too nice to modify any further. Then again, subtle things can always be done to give it that hot rod flare without going too far.
This car is good enough to put fenders on and go drive it.
This car definitely needs more pieces of flair.
Would it need fenders to be legal in U.S. ? Australia it would for sure.
Not a hot rod, that’s a stock Model A with the fenders removed. If it had a flathead V-8 installed, then it would qualify.
@Ken, Agreed….. WHERE does Brentton get the idea this is a ” pure hot rod ” .. LMAO ….. I wonder where he was in the 50’s ????
this is NOT a Hot Rod from the 50’s … it has NO ” hot ” in it (yet) .
but it has great potential…
Cool A bone. Good luck to the new owner!!
Cheers
GPC
Aw, I was hoping it had a Lincoln motor,,,
What’s the matter Rube, are you channeling Charlie Ryan or Commander
Cody again. Nice car, but needs fenders
and a 337 Lincoln motor to make things
right. Also needs a ’37 Lincoln Zephyr
tranny with OD and juice brakes to make
it more like the song we all know and love. I remember opening for Commander Cody and his lost flight of
airmen in the Summer of ’72. They started playing music at Chenault Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois in the late ’60’s. When they charted with Hot Rod
Lincoln in ’72, they left the Air Force to
pursue a career in music. That song and Mama Hated Diesels were their only two
songs to chart, after that, you never heard
from them again. Really sad because those guys could really play. Nice car,
just needs to be properly finished.
There were a few more. This one was shot at the Oakland’s legendary Qwik-Way https://youtu.be/x1Cvg5VCpT4
Flames please!
The flames come from out of the side.
What Ken said…..a flipper trying to make some extra money taking the fenders off…….
Great potential and no rust in New York!!! What gives????
Who cares what “category” it’s in?!? It’s cool… buy it, drive it & call it what ever you want! I wouldn’t change a thing!