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01-28-2008, 08:00 PM
Filed under: Aftermarket (http://www.autoblog.com/category/aftermarket/), Time Warp (http://www.autoblog.com/category/timewarp/), Tuners (http://www.autoblog.com/category/tunertuesdays/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_0-450.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608893/)
Click to view more images of the Cosworth-powered 1929 Ford Model A
Ford owners love to swap out their stock powerplants for high-performance crate engines. No news there. But this has to be the most extreme application we've seen yet: a 1929 Model A with a 250hp rally-spec Cosworth.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_03-250web.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608896/)The custom job is the work of Finnish outfit Mäkelä Auto Tuning, the same firm that built the ice speed record-setting Bentley Continental GT (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/16/bentley-continental-flies-to-world-ice-speed-record/). This time, MAT received a mandate from the Model A's owner to restore the classic to pristine condition while giving it some extra juice. So they took the engine out of a Ford Escort BDA Cosworth Group 4 rally car and dropped it into the restored chassis. The result could very well be the ultimate sleeper: a vintage Ford that hits sixty in five flat and tops out at 124 mph. That's got to be one heck of a scary ride.
Check out the pics in the gallery (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/) below and here (http://www.mat.fi/project1929fordmodel-a.htm).
[Source: MAT via Carscoop (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/01/1929-ford-model-with-250-hp-cosworth.html)]
Gallery: Cosworth-powered Ford Model A by MTA (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_0_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608893/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608894/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608895/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608896/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608897/)
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_0-450.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608893/)
Click to view more images of the Cosworth-powered 1929 Ford Model A
Ford owners love to swap out their stock powerplants for high-performance crate engines. No news there. But this has to be the most extreme application we've seen yet: a 1929 Model A with a 250hp rally-spec Cosworth.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_03-250web.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608896/)The custom job is the work of Finnish outfit Mäkelä Auto Tuning, the same firm that built the ice speed record-setting Bentley Continental GT (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/16/bentley-continental-flies-to-world-ice-speed-record/). This time, MAT received a mandate from the Model A's owner to restore the classic to pristine condition while giving it some extra juice. So they took the engine out of a Ford Escort BDA Cosworth Group 4 rally car and dropped it into the restored chassis. The result could very well be the ultimate sleeper: a vintage Ford that hits sixty in five flat and tops out at 124 mph. That's got to be one heck of a scary ride.
Check out the pics in the gallery (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/) below and here (http://www.mat.fi/project1929fordmodel-a.htm).
[Source: MAT via Carscoop (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/01/1929-ford-model-with-250-hp-cosworth.html)]
Gallery: Cosworth-powered Ford Model A by MTA (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_0_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608893/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608894/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608895/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608896/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/ford_mta_04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cosworth-powered-ford-model-a-by-mta/608897/)
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