1928 - 29 Ford hot rod

1929 Ford Model A roadster built by Dick Flint, a Glendale Sidewinders member. After collecting two or three Model A Roadster bodies, Dick was able to assemble one complete roadster. The Dick Flint Roadster featured a distinctive hand formed aluminum midget race-style track nose and belly pan. The nose, belly pan, hood and bodywork on Flint's car was done by Neil Emory of Valley Custom. The body lines were smoothed in order to resemble a 1932 Ford. Dick made the grille and nerf bars on the car, and did all of the mechanical work. Dean Batchelor, who worked part time at Valley Custom, helped Dick design the car, especially the track nose. To get the right stance, the frame was Z-ed in the rear.


The car featured a 1940 Mercury flathead with 3 5/16 bore, 4 1/2 stroke, Edelbrock 9:1 heads, and a Winfield 1A cam. In 1950, (specifically 06-11-1950) the car turned 143.54 mph at El Mirage.


Inside Dick modified the car with an Auburn gauge panel. He removed the insert, plated it, and stuffed it with 2 5/8" Stewart-Warner gauges. The car also featured a steering wheel from a 1940 Ford.


In May 1952 the Dick Flint Roadster was featured on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine. In the cover you can spot Dick behind the wheel, and his friend Bob Roddick making a leap for UCLA co-ed Harriet Haven.


In Hot Rod Magazine May 1959 the Dick Flint roadster can be found in the classified section of the magazine. Dick is then asking $ 2,500 for the car. The car was sold to Duane Kofoed, a founding member of the L.A. Roadsters in 1961. Duane installed a Chevy V8 in the roadster, and drove it regularly on LA Roadster runs for the next decade. While Duane owned the car, the roadster was featured in Alex Xydias Hot Rod Story video, and several '60s album covers. Duane later sold the car disassembled to its previous owner, Don Orosco. Don Orosco, owner of DBO Motor Racing restored the car after being hidden for several years. After restoration, the car went on to win the Hot Rod Class, and the Dean Batchelor Memorial Trophy at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 1999. Dick Flint's roadster was the second car to win first place in the hot rod class, Doane Spencer's 1932 Ford Roadster was the first.

texte venant de kustorama:
http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Dick_Flint's_1929_Ford

La restauration en images:
http://www.montereyspeedandsport.com/album/dick-flint-roadster/

heu t'es sûr que c'est pas plutôt une caisse de cabriolet ou coupé 28/29 ? cf la moulure de pieds d'auvent et les montants de pare-brise ...

Je vais te dire je me suis fié plus aux articles du web sur cette caisse ou ils écrivent 34, je peux changer sans souci

elle est toute cabossée, un survivor, ou bien?

Predicta a écrit:..............., je peux changer sans souci

ce n'est par plaisir de te faire changer , ni par ego démesuré , ni même par gout de la polémique ( hum hum ) mais je me suis permis de te le dire car cette auto n'est définitivement pas un '34 , sûr .
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Aucun souci c'est aussi bien d'avoir l'année exacte

En fait c 1 coupé docteur 29

Constat du spécialiste !

bobo a écrit:En fait c 1 coupé docteur 29

rectifié

vintage-63 a écrit: elle est toute cabossée, un survivor, ou bien?

Je n'en sais pas plus

ah ben si FXB me pique mon boulot...

Predicta a écrit:

vintage-63 a écrit: elle est toute cabossée, un survivor, ou bien?

Je n'en sais pas plus

Non ce n'est pas un survivor ,il a été construit par Tony Guardado du club : Cavaliers à LA
coupé docteur (chez nous ) sport coupe chez eux

Built in the early 50's. Currently Titled and Registered in California.



1950 Cadillac 331 V8, 1937 LaSalle Tranny, Frame kicked up front and rear, 1939 Ford Suspension Chromed (back in the 50's) w/hydraulic brakes, 1932 passenger car dash, chopped 1932 grill shell and insert, 2 in. chopped windshield, lakes headers, newly chromed Cadillac Valve Covers, shortened model T bed, aluminum fuel tank, 4 spoke 15" Schroeder steering wheel will come with the car, Stewart Warner dash panel/gauges, blc headlights, interior w/tonneau covers for cab and bed.Pinstriped by Keri Luiz.




A vendre sur le hamb

The first time we saw Glen Baugus' chopped-and-channeled five-window coupe, it looked ready to leap across the parking lot-and the silver paint was almost blinding in the sunlight. Glen informed us right away that he wasn't the builder, just the extremely lucky owner. We had already decided from its level of detail, imagination, taste, and craftsmanship that this had to be a pro-built hot rod. Wrong. Completely homebuilt, Glen said, and if we were going to write a story about the car, we needed to talk to the guy who built it.



There is zero shop time in this car, Jim Lopochonsky confirmed. He did all the work at home, with body and paintwork done by his wife, Diana, and fabrication help from his son, Jamison.





Diana found this coupe for sale in a trader paper. Jim kept the body and got rid of the rest. The top had been chopped, but not enough and not well, so he re-chopped it for a total of 4-1/2 inches and added the white insert and drilled visor. The headlights are from a '29 Model A and the taillights are '50 Pontiac, true to tradition. The firewall was reversed to make room for the Chevy 350. Diana made the sheetmetal repairs and sprayed the PPG Bright Silver paint.



The body sits channeled over a homebuilt frame, which Diana painted in a darker silver shade. The 3x2 boxed 'rails were Z'd 3 inches in front and 15 in the rear. The perfect stance is enhanced by a Super Bell 4-inch drop drilled I-beam axle, '48 Ford spindles, hairpins, Posies springs, and friction shocks, with a Panhard bar for handling. The suicide front end stretches the wheelbase to 116 inches, about a foot longer than stock. The ladder bar rearend is from a '70 Ford Bronco, with 4.11 gears spinning Mosler axles. It hangs on coilovers and Ford shocks. Jim kept the Bronco rear brakes, adding '48 Ford drums in front to keep the '60s style.




Firestone Deluxe Champion wide whites, 6.00-16 and 7.00-16, were mounted on 16-inch '35 Ford wire wheels, painted with Red Jewel PPG paint and finished with caps and rings. The inside of the front wheels also wear beauty rings (notched for wheel weights), an almost imperceptible detail that takes the car up a rung.



The six-deuce setup that impressed Jim as a kid is replicated by Holley 94s on an Offenhauser manifold. Finned aluminum valve covers and Sanderson headers add to the style. The headers run into Limefire pipes with Car Chemistry mufflers. A TH350 trans is connected to a custom driveshaft.




Jim "didn't know how to sew a button on a shirt" when he started this project, so he bought a good upholstery machine and learned to use it. He covered the interior with white leather rolls 'n' pleats, and handbuilt the all-steel custom console.



Jim's favorite part of hot rodding is the buildup. When he completes a project, he's more interested in starting another one than in playing with the finished car-so the coupe he'd been planning since his school bus days ended up listed on the Internet and was sold to Glen Baugus early in 2010.



Glen liked everything about the car, from the stance to the wheels and the carbs, not to mention the fact that this hot rod was built for cruising. Glen had owned the coupe for only a few months when we met him at the Street Rod Nationals. As we found out fast, there is much to be impressed by on this amazing Model A. The most impressive part is the one you can't see-that it is a genuine homebuilt hot rod.

Article original: http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/1103sr_ford_model_a_five_window/viewall.html

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EXTERIOR=
This car is all steel, the grill is a 32 ford Pete and Jake's, The hood has 36 ford interior garnish moldings as trim. The body has many custom touches, It has been lengthened over the frame to keep room in the cock pit and for a clean look, the door handles are shaved with electric poppers, the trunk is rounded and has been shaved and it opens from a cable under the bumper opens easy and closes tight, the cowl has electric wipers and a vent to cool the cock pit. Convertible top is black and is in perfect shape, goes up and down easy. The rear bumper is a 1953 olds grill bar shortened with a 1957 chevy bumper tag light. a new windshield. the tail lights are 39 ford.

INTERIOR=
It has new white tuck and roll interior and carpet, bucket seats are comfortable. new 1957 chevy chrome door handles. 1957 chevy arm rest. ididit steering column with a new 1940 ford cut down wheel, windows are electric and work great, It has a power shut off switch on the floor. Stewart Warner gauges. All lights and turn signals work. The heater works great with high, med, low fan speeds.

TRUNK=
The trunk is finished in white tuck and roll and has a 16 gallon fuel cell and battery hidden.

ENGINE=
The 1960 348 runs great it has new offenhauser valve covers, full custom built lake exhaust wrapped in titanium colored exhaust wrap with cut outs, the exhaust exits through the rear bumper. The 348 is backed by a muncie 4 speed that shifts great and the clutch feels good. This car is fun to drive any where. real cadi air cleaner, not a repro.

TIRES AND WHEELS=
The tires are new coker classics front are E78-14 with 2 3/8 White wall with new 14x5 wheels, rear's are L78-15 with 4" white wall and new 15x6 wheels. they are topped with new ford delux center caps. chevy bolt pattern wheels.

SUSPENSION=
It has a super bell axle with front disc breaks and chrome shocks, the frame is a modified 1936 ford, The rear axle is a chevelle. This car has a trailer hitch with a round plug in. This car turns great with a vega steering box.

Brand new construction. 1929 Ford Roadster Pickup. Last Refuge 7' extended cab channeled 4'. Last Refuge boxed section frame with 6' front z and 6" extension. Hand formed pickup bed with Last Refuge Tailgate hardware. Buggy spring suspension front and rear.Custom friction shocks on front. SoCal drilled and dropped front axle. SoCal spindles. Buick Finned front drums with finned air scoops on backing plates. Firewall mounted dual master cylinder with proportioning valve. Uni-Steer r&p steering box. Drilled and filled split wishbones.Guide 525 headlights on custom mounts. Cut down '32 Ford grille and insert. New Aluminum radiator. Scott Rods fiberglass hood. Custom Leather hood hold-downs.



60's 283 v8 with rv cam, and lifters, roller rockers, 3x2 Stromberg 97 carb setup with mechanical fuel pump. Edlebrock finned valve covers. Custom low mount generator (Alternator - one wire) Mallory Hyfire ignition. Ceramic coated Gear Drive Lakes Headers with internal baffles and turn-downs.New Summit T350 trans. Rear mounted trans cooler with integrated thermo switched fan.New external drive shaft. New Winters Quick Change in a 40's Ford rear end. Tube shocks