This 1929 Ford Model A Tudor sedan – built by Rad Rides and owned by Troy Trepanier – was selected as the winner of this year’s Battle of the Builders at SEMA. The hand-built Ford Model A is a perfect combination of elegance and toughness, and we think it could’ve won the competition based on looks alone.
The fully customized body flaunts a one-off grille shell and insert, and is finished in a magnificent Glasurit bronze paint. On the inside, Rad Rides fitted a custom interior comprised of: a bowed headliner, German square weave carpeting, hand-tipped Italian leather, and hand-built seat frames and cushions. Sounds like quite the bespoke build if you ask us.
While the main highlights of this Ford Model A are found in the interior and exterior, it still offers stout performance with a GM aluminum small block, Legends 5-speed manual transmission equipped with a Hurst short shifter, and a modified Halibrand rear end.
Congrats to the crew at Rad Rides for putting together one heck of a Ford Model A and going home with a win.
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And they apparently committed to that poor decision.
Owners have proven to be quite loyal so far.
According to the 2025 U.S. Transparency Awards from Labrador Transparency.
It plans to have those units production ready by 2029.
Though it has been in the same spot for nearly 70 years.