Not your Gramp’s Model A

By Jen

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Found this on VWvortex, a sleeper project if there ever was one: a 1929 Ford Model A, restored to look basically stock right down to the painted-on woodgrain spoke wheels. While Makela Auto Tuning in Finland built it to resemble a museum piece, this fierce tin lizzy is powered by a Group 4 BDA Ford Escort motor, the 250hp, DOHC 4-cylinder that helped Ford of Britain win all those rally races. The video of the Model A taking off is pretty spectacular (listen to it on the dyno!), though the car also looks great just sitting in the driveway.

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Posted at 10:09 pm in Ford, Jen Dunnaway, Model A, Random Stuff

Comments

Evan Norris
Sep 29, 2007 at 5:36 am

Did you read any of the post? The wheels are steel with Wood Grain painted on.

Anonymous
Sep 29, 2007 at 5:10 am

Like hell I would drive that thing that fast…. did he forget his wheels were made of WOOD !!!

Evan Norris
Sep 29, 2007 at 2:07 am

That’s Truly awesome. I keep saying that to my boss who has a 1926′ Ford pickup. I love that video. That’s going in my favorites….
-evan

Anonymous
Sep 29, 2007 at 12:17 am

that was a clever build.. I instantly thought of an old guy I knew (rip 2005) he was an old school machinist(in Maine for his generation that equals Genious.) that used to make parts for these cars. He told me a story once of using a piece of leather to keep a connecting rod calm! Love that project, it put a smile on my face too. The modern power in a chassis alot of folks enjoy looking at.