Re: Rodder's Dilemma

Posted by Mike Flanagan on February 08, 1998 at 23:57:12

In Reply to: Rodder's Dilemma
posted by Glen Weilbaker on February 03, 1998 at 12:20:04

I have one and only one comment to make about street rodders who ply their trade on original Model A's or Model A parts; GRRRRRRRRRRRR!

God Speed Under 50

The Model A Fool.

: Starting to notice Rodder vs Restorer/ Restorer vs Rodder posts becomimg more frequent so here's something that seems ironic.

: Last winter Street Rodder ran a series on building a "Califonia Roadster" based on a 29 roadster. They started with a $2000 (I think that's the price) car found in a junkyard, arestorable one at that. First thing was to yank the chassis, sold it for parts and bought a rod chassis. The plans called for some mods to the cowl due to restyling like laying back the windshield. The gas tank was cut to make it into a dash. The trunk lid, trunk lower panel, doors and sub "stuff" were replaced with Brookville repos do to the work involved to use the originals. So essentially the only part they needed from the A was the cowl which was changed too. MMMM seems to me they could have used the 2000 fun tickets to git goodies.
: I do have to commend the author because he did state that he should have overlooked the 29 and started with the rod and repo route, BTW the repo panels are steel for the steel is real guys.

: Personally I like to see cars restored and not rodded especially when there is such a rod parts market in place, besides it doesn't make sense like in the article. But I do like rods ( I can sense the snarls) because I admire skills, craftsmanship and ideas used the create them.

: The one that gets me is a guy rodding a totally restored "two off a kind".

: Just my 2 cents,
: GW




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