{"id":401828,"date":"2015-12-02T01:29:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T09:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=401828"},"modified":"2015-12-01T03:39:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T11:39:43","slug":"car-feature-ryan-popes-model-a-roadster-pickup-is-timeless-and-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshiftapex\/car-feature-ryan-popes-model-a-roadster-pickup-is-timeless-and-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Feature: Ryan Pope’s Model A Roadster Pickup Is Timeless And Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Some astute readers might remember young Ryan Pope\u2019s \u201956 Chevy gasser \u2013<\/p>\n

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Being part of the younger generation of hardcore, classic-style gearheads you know the \u201956 wasn\u2019t his first hotrod and will not be his last.\u00a0 His most-recent creation is a Model A RPU (that\u2019s Roadster Pick-Up).\u00a0 Together with friends and his employer, Mike Wagner of Cornfield Customs, this hand-hammered rod came to life in just about a year from when it was purchased.\u00a0 Starting with a roller on September 14, 2014 the parts collection began in earnest.\u00a0 The main tub is a stretched Brookville 1930 Model A unit.\u00a0 The grille shell, hood, hood sides, the entire bed, tailgate, and aprons are all aluminum and formed by hand at Cornfield Customs.\u00a0 The fenders and stretched running boards are original Henry steel.\u00a0 A \u201932 cowl vent was grafted in and the windshield stanchions were chopped 4 inches.\u00a0 All that reshaped metal sits on a lengthened A frame.\u00a0 Front suspension consists of 4\u201d dropped superbell with early Ford bakes on the ends held in place by a Posies\u2019 reverse eye spring.\u00a0 Out back is a 9-inch Ford holding a 3.50-geared posi sprung on a \u201940 Ford front leaf.\u00a0 Power comes from a \u201970 LT1 short-block with earlier-model double-hump heads.\u00a0 The trans is a T-5 while the spent gasses exit out pipes bent by the local Spanky\u2019s Exhaust shop.\u00a0 The steering wheel is the original while a homemade\/Ebay harness helps power the Stewart-Warner gauges.\u00a0 Big n\u2019 Littles on steelies complete the cool look.\u00a0 Dubbed the \u2018RYN-O-LINER\u2019, Ryan gives many thanks to Mike Wagner and Cornfield Customs for the help making it a reality.<\/p>\n

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While shooting photos of the RPU during a meet at the Ohio Mile the owner of Cornfield Customs brought out his authentic-patina \u201959 Ford Edsel Villager wagon which is near completely stock with a 3\u201d lowering and little else.\u00a0 It was such a cool cruiser we couldn\u2019t resist catching some shots of it as well.<\/p>\n

Both of these cars are driven frequently and the RPU even goes out in the cold without the top that has not yet been finished.\u00a0 If you got \u2018em \u2013 drive \u2018em.<\/p>\n

Hope you enjoyed seeing these two rides and if you need some custom metalwork done \u2013 give the folks at Cornfield Customs a holler.\u00a0 We\u2019re planning a trip up there soon and will bring you photos of projects, tools, some neat goodies hanging on the walls, and more.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

CLICK ON THE IMAGES OF THE CARS BELOW TO EXPAND THEM! THANKS TO RYAN POPE –<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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