Ford Model A - A/V-8 Survivor

With that in mind, he decided to leave the coupe as much intact as possible, with a few exceptions. The Model A suspension and juice brakes would stay, as would the V-8/60 drive train, but the Model A grille would get replaced with a Deuce item and a few inches would be removed from the lid.

Having sat for nearly 50 years, the mechanical bits on the coupe needed some well deserved attention; a task that was handed over to the gang at LimeWorks Speed Shop in Whittier, California. There, the LimeWorks crew pulled out the tired V-8/60 and sent it off to D&B Machine for a freshening up while they went over the brakes, steering, and rearend. While at the shop, the guys also removed 3 inches from the top and installed the Deuce grille and BLC headlights. A new bench seat was installed, covered in maroon Naugahyde by Tony's Auto Upholstery, as well as a new roof insert as the original had suffered from the years of neglect. An aluminum gauge panel was installed over the stock dash and filled with Stewart-Warner gauges and a Banjo steering wheel was fitted.

By both maintaining the original integrity of R.H.'s coupe and adding a few of his own minor tweaks, Ken has managed to not only pay tribute to the man who originally put the little hot rod together over 60 years ago and the many others like him, but has continued with the tradition of hot rodding by further modifying the old Model A. Without the persistence of guys like Ken, who refuse to make a street rod out of an original build but rather maintain its integrity, hot rodding would not have a chance to survive for generations to come, losing an important piece of American automotive history in the process.