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"JR1" (type35bugatti) 03/23/2016 at 09:14 • Filed to: Model A

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I like the styling of the Model A but like the Model T I feel like the car is too short and too tall. The proportions look slightly off. Nevertheless I still think it is a great car.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 03/23/2016 at 09:24

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Some of it is in the high beltline due to the body sitting up on the frame. That’s something which is helped by channeling or sectioning. In pic, a 4"/4"/4" channel/section/chop. The chop might be a bit much:

Your boy, BJR > JR1 03/23/2016 at 09:27

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That's an A

JR1 > Your boy, BJR 03/23/2016 at 09:28

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I knew that. It is too early. I need more coffee I guess.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/23/2016 at 09:29

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It does help. I would just hate to chop something like this that was an original. Nor would I even know how to chop it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 03/23/2016 at 09:32

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It was right the first time. You had it saying that “like the Model T”, it (the A) is too short and too tall. Apparently you so need coffee that you didn’t remember what you meant right after you wrote it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 03/23/2016 at 09:36

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Chopping is way easier a lot of the time than sectioning, but you can get better results a lot of the time with a section. Sectioning is a crazy amount of work:

http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/paint-b…

A lot of Ford designs back in the day had heavy (if not high) beltlines, even the Falcon to a degree.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/23/2016 at 09:36

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I really need coffee. Damn I suck today

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 03/23/2016 at 09:37

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It’s okay, just join me in pointing and laughing at Rolland.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/23/2016 at 09:38

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Hot Rod has some great articles. And I think if it wasn’t for Edsel Ford the Model A would have looked even more awkward. Henry Ford was a lot of things but a designer was not one of them.

Your boy, BJR > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/23/2016 at 09:44

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fite me irl bro ill rek u

camaroboy68ss > JR1 03/23/2016 at 09:45

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the 30/31 model A looked a lot better over the 28/29, it helps that the later A looks more like a iconic 32

Pixel > JR1 03/23/2016 at 09:47

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The tall & short is due to the road conditions they needed to be able to traverse.

When the A & T were in production a vast majority of roads outside of cities were still dirt, or at best gravel/macadam.

The tall narrow tires gave added ground clearance. Also, since the road had largely been designed for horse-drawn carts, having a track of a similar width made it easier.

If you think of them more as SUVs/Jeeps than cars, the proportions make a lot more sense.

camaroboy68ss > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/23/2016 at 09:48

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a section rarely works on the early cars, but the big 3 mods are the easiest on these cars due to lots of flat surfaces. usually just a chop and a channeling over the frame does the trick. Just swapping the model A frame for a 32 piece helps make the car look lower.

JR1 > camaroboy68ss 03/23/2016 at 09:52

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I agree it does make a difference

JR1 > Pixel 03/23/2016 at 09:53

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I know. It is amazing how far our infrastructure as come in the past 80 years.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > camaroboy68ss 03/23/2016 at 09:55

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Yep. I was talking in terms of a car looking tall-heavy in general being helped by a section, but there’s not much reason to do one with one of these when the frame is such an obvious target. Not like a ‘40s car where there isn’t really any channeling to do.

If you were to section and chop a ‘42 deSoto you’d really just end up making it look like the ad copy...

ranwhenparked > JR1 03/23/2016 at 20:42

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I don’t know, I always liked the Model A’s “baby Lincoln” styling. It really looked upscale compared to Chevy or Plymouth.

JR1 > ranwhenparked 03/23/2016 at 22:05

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I'll never miss the opportunity to post a Lincoln Model L