This was done with the original Model A center crossmember in place (the '32 crossmember fits ahead of it) to help maintain absolutely correct frame alignment during the alteration.

Building a bike requires an incredibly difficult process of welding and metal working. But does it have to?

This time around, he's building a radical 1930 Model A coupe. Well, a more apt description would be a ’30 Ford coupe shell draped over a Model A frame and a heavily set-back flathead Ford engine.

But when a friend offered to sell him the start of a hot rodding project, just a 1929 Model A frame and a dropped front axle, he discovered he wanted to build another hot rod, the right way.

After much discussion with rodders, it was decided the body should rest on an aftermarket Model A frame with a dropped front axle located by a four-bar linkage and supported by a buggy spring—a ...