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The T Touring I am currently using in the Meltdown started out as a late '31 A coupe, bought in 2004 from the guy that imported it from New Mexico.  When two seats were no longer enough, the coupe body was sold on to finance a Tudor which the whole family could fit in.  This left my old coupe chassis bare.  After a brief flirtation with a hand-made boat-tail body, I managed to talk Phil Wells into selling me the Touring body he had intended to use himself for many years.  A few weekends and evenings soon saw the T body astride my rails and ready to go.  Whether this body remains in place I'm unsure.  I'd ideally like an A body back on the A chassis, preferably open top, but I'm in no rush to start pulling it apart just yet.  Dropping a T body on an A frame has it's roots in the earliest days of hot rodding, so I can live with it for a while longer. 

Running Gear Spec:

Block:  Model A 'Diamond' block.  Ported, polished, 1.7" inlets, valve seats.

Crank:  Counterweighted Model A, cross-drilled for oil pressure to mains and big ends.  Insert bearings.

Cam:  Winfield SU1R, ground by Jim Brierley.  Dan McEachern straight cut timing gears.

Head:  Aluminium Winfield 6-1 CR.

Ignition:  Mallory distributor with Pertronix Ignitor.

Carb:  Single Stromberg 97 on Ansen intake - Currently experimenting with a Weber 46 IDA on homemade intake.

Exhaust:  Red's Header to homemade pipe.

Transmission:  Volvo M40 4 speed from '66 Amazon - mated to AA bellhousing.

Rear Axle:  Kiwi Quickchange.

Best time to date 17.3 @ 77mph