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rotorwrench · 04-14-2017, 02:32 PM

You have to be careful when using gauges of steel thickness and specify the standard you are referencing. Ford used The US Standard Revised Gauge. In that standard 14 gauge is 0.0747" thick (basically .075") and that doesn't sound like the thickness of any old Ford I have ever worked on.

American Stamping Uses 10 gauge for their 1932 & 33/34 Ford rails. In US Revised Standard that is .1345" thick. A little is lost in the draw but not a great amount.

04-14-2017, 02:32 PM	#18
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,431	Re: 1940 Frame Interchangeability You have to be careful when using gauges of steel thickness and specify the standard you are referencing. Ford used The US Standard Revised Gauge. In that standard 14 gauge is 0.0747" thick (basically .075") and that doesn't sound like the thickness of any old Ford I have ever worked on. American Stamping Uses 10 gauge for their 1932 & 33/34 Ford rails. In US Revised Standard that is .1345" thick. A little is lost in the draw but not a great amount. Last edited by rotorwrench; 04-14-2017 at 02:38 PM.