Model A frames flex. They were designed that way partly because roads weren't all that smooth--or even paved for that matter--in the '20s, and the somewhat limited travel of buggy-sprung solid axles ...
It might have looked a bit neglected to the average passer-by, but to me that Model A roadster parked in the alley meant the end of a long, long search. "I'll take a hundred for it," the owner said ...