Re: The use of plywood in our old fords
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Originally Posted by Model51
The plywood wheels were actually very strong but I never stressed anything too hard. The truck wheel flanges provided quite a bit of contact surface area for the plywood. It was mostly just to roll the chassis straight out of the garage and then straight back inside.
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Very small contact surface, I bet it rolled and steered quite effortlessly.
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Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
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