Took a visit to Richard Edmonds Classic Car, Motorcycle, Automobilia and Parts Auction viewing day.
Not a great deal of American stuff, but what was there was pretty good 🙂
Very well run viewing day with some interesting Cars, Bikes, Parts, Automobilia and Tools all ready for auction.
Richard Edmonds website is here
Took the Model B gearbox over to my friend John to give it a look over, not surprisingly we found very little wrong with the exception of some damaged threads where the gearbox top mounts
The Model B into Model A conversion is rarely done and is quite complex meaning quite a bit of research and parts gathering will be required. John has kindly started to gather some of the parts as you can see below.
An adaptor plate to secure the Model B gearbox to the Model A engine, tailshaft/torque tube adaptor and sheet metal to modify the Model A sump have already been sourced by John. A number of other challenges such as mounting the handbrake, swapping the release arm to LHD, pedal box and radius arm modifications and Flywheel machining just to name a few! A gear lever for the Model B gearbox is on the way.
Really interesting piece from The Old Motor especially being a Model Sport Coupe Owner albeit a 29 🙂
The article shows a damaged 1930 Sport Coupe pictured at a body shop for what we can assume is estimate and eventual repair.
The 1980 Shay Super Deluxe Roadster provided classic Model A fun with modern safety and accessibility
A good overview of the Shay by David Conwill of Hemmings here.
I nearly bought a Shay but ended up with the real thing, I’m glad when you see them next to each other you can see the real deal is better as I did at Volo. you can read the post here
A v Shay
Don’t get me wrong I think they have their place and are a good fun option.
Some more on Shay and the replica car movement here
How much is my Model “A” Ford worth?
This is a question that is often asked in forums, at club meetings and just about everywhere where Model A owner gather either physically or virtually!
Grant McLaren’s article gives some good advice and pointers to help answer this burning question, read on here
Mad Model A action here on the VSSC Welsh trial!
Really demonstrates how tough Henry’s Lady actually is after all these years 🙂
On this day in 1927 Henry signed off on Ford Model A number 1
Doing a little bit of under hood/bonnet painting before the weather gets too cold to get outside. Not exactly concours but looks a bit better. Much more left to do, but as you can see we’ve come quite a way!
Model A Fun
Really nice article from Richard Lentinello at Hemmings (“Reminiscing” story, edited by Richard Lentinello, comes to us from Hemmings Classic Car reader Dave Crocker of Mashpee, Massachusetts) Read on here
Start up and pull away after some routine maintenance
