Lucky me
With just a few days left of the vacation, I made a trip up to my native Rättvik. The regular population of about 11.000 gets doubled during the annual Classic Car Week that starts here on saturday. Somehow I have managed to be elsewhere for the last fourteen years, and will miss most of it this year too, but there are so many cars showing up the week prior to the event that I feel I get my share of rumbling american iron anyway.
I left the Ford at home this time. My friend Micke Jendinger, a.k.a Mercury Mike, didn't want me to miss out on a major part of the CCW experience so he offered me to use his model A Tudor during my stay.
Did I hesitate? Not a chance!
This is a hot rod in its most rudimentary form, stripped from fenders, lowered to some extent and with a hopped-up banger engine. It even carries most of the original lacquer, in Henry's favorite choice of color.
Straight spoke 16-inchers with 5.50's and 7.50's front and back gives it a good rake.
Taillights are swap meet finds of unknown origin, and they look amazingly well on this car.
If anyone out there knows where they come from, please send me a note or comment this post.
The mystery is most likely solved, they are probably from a 1940 Buick Special.
The motor is a model C, bored .060 over or more. Winfield intake and carb, Scintilla magneto, a marine camshaft and unknown high-compression head gives it plenty of go-power. It sends a beautiful note through a straight pipe.
I feel fortunate to have a friend like Micke.
