1930 Ford Model A Rocks Corvette Engine, Tons of Borrowed Parts

What you’re looking at is officially titled a 1930 Ford, but as usual when it comes to these things, it’s much more than that. We have parts bundled together that were once part of Fords, Corvettes, Cadillacs, and even Hudson Terraplanes, all coming together in a package one doesn’t see very often.

You might be familiar with the build before your eyes, unofficially named Durty 30, for one of two reasons: you’ve either seen it on the web before (it was shown for the first time at SEMA in 2016) or got to experience it yourself if you happen to be a CRS2 player, as it is one of the rides you get to own and drive.

We bring the Durty 30 up again because it is selling in March. It will do so with no reserve during the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. There’s no estimate as to how much it is expected to fetch, but here’s a quick rundown of what you’re gonna get, if you plan on going for it.

First, the body. Originally a good-old Model A, it got widened (+8 inches/203 mm), stretched (+6 inches/152 mm), and fitted with suicide doors. Underneath it sits a 1932 Ford frame, it too widened but also boxed and reinforced. Supporting the whole assembly are Kompression wheels shod in Pirelli tires, sitting in front of an air-ride suspension system.

Under the 1940 Chevrolet hood and behind the modified 1938 Terraplane grille sits a 6.0-liter Corvette LS2 engine, rocking a Vortec supercharger and an automatic transmission.

Inside, we get the console from a 2011 Cadillac CTS-V, a big iPad surround, but also a custom dashboard wearing the signature of Chip Foose. He put it there not long ago at the Grand National Roadster Show in Los Angeles, where the Durty 30 was one of the major stars.