[rotorwrench]

The Briggs and Murray sedan bodies only have a metal skin over the wood structural element. The drip rails are not reproduced and it's even getting harder to source the moldings that go around the top fabric. If they are missing then a person either has to find some good ones that are at least repairable out there or they would have to try to reproduce a facsimile of the originals. The skin under them has holes for the nails to install them and the wood is directly under the metal skin. This is just the way that the lower production bodies were made by Briggs and Murray.

The bodies made by Briggs and Murray are difficult to restore so a lot of folks shy away from them unless they have been well kept and all their rare pieces are still there and in good condition. Restoration of the Fordor and Cabriolet cars are amongst the most difficult with exception to the Station Wagon types and it's mostly due to the extensive use of wood.