Back in the 1930s, despite the rise of a great number of players on the automotive scene, Ford was still rocking the charts in terms of cars made and sold.
The star of the time was of course the Model A, the spiritual successor of what is considered to be the world’s first mass-produced, affordable car for the American masses. Made from 1928 to 1931, the nameplate managed to sell over two million units in less than a year.
The great success of the Model A prompted Ford into offering it in a variety of body styles - by the time it was replaced by the Model B, it had nearly twenty of them. One body style was the Victoria, a two-door version that like many others of its family would grown into the promised land for the hot-rodders and tuners of later years.
The Victoria was introduced toward the end of the Model A’s life, so not that many of them got to be made. The numbers were enough to secure Victoria’s survival to modern days, though, when new life can be given to it.
Case in point the 1930 Victoria we have here. Currently waiting for a buyer on a specialized website, it sports all the elements of a modern hot rod, and something extra in the form of a matching trailer.
Built on a Corvette rear, the car no longer uses the original four-cylinder, 40 hp engine, but a much more potent and larger 350ci (5.7-liter) V8 that somehow was squeezed in working order in the engine compartment.
Fed by a 4-barrel Edelbrock carburetor and linked to a 3-speed automatic transmission, it develops an undisclosed amount of power, and comes with close to 8,500 miles on it.
The Victoria is supposed to generate quite the amount of interest, as the seller has it listed at $41,000.
The great success of the Model A prompted Ford into offering it in a variety of body styles - by the time it was replaced by the Model B, it had nearly twenty of them. One body style was the Victoria, a two-door version that like many others of its family would grown into the promised land for the hot-rodders and tuners of later years.
The Victoria was introduced toward the end of the Model A’s life, so not that many of them got to be made. The numbers were enough to secure Victoria’s survival to modern days, though, when new life can be given to it.
Case in point the 1930 Victoria we have here. Currently waiting for a buyer on a specialized website, it sports all the elements of a modern hot rod, and something extra in the form of a matching trailer.
Built on a Corvette rear, the car no longer uses the original four-cylinder, 40 hp engine, but a much more potent and larger 350ci (5.7-liter) V8 that somehow was squeezed in working order in the engine compartment.
Fed by a 4-barrel Edelbrock carburetor and linked to a 3-speed automatic transmission, it develops an undisclosed amount of power, and comes with close to 8,500 miles on it.
The Victoria is supposed to generate quite the amount of interest, as the seller has it listed at $41,000.