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Originally Posted by rer_239
What kind of wood is used to build s woodie? And what are the dimensions of the wood used as the frame. Looks bigger than 2x2. What is used for the flat panels?
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rer_239
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rer_239 I can only speak for my huckster body which I purchased from Lentville A's. It is not a station wagon but rather a huckster.
It is made out of Red Oak with hardwood plywood panels for parts of the doors. The wood under the body, the wood that sits on the frame is made out of just standard 2 x 6. This gives a good "foundation" for the body.
I think you can still get plans for a woodies from Wagon Works. Their address and phone is: 213 SW Kline, Ankeny, IA 50023 515-964-5085. I know they had an ad in the back of the last Restore magazine.
Harvey above has some very good ideas. And the idea of using white Oak, that he mentions is a good idea. With the red oak that my rig is made out of, he is correct in that the red oak does take a lot of work to keep it from turning black. We live in "rainy" Oregon and that is a problem.