help with wood floor kit

[Dick Carne]

I'm not sure what the differences, if any, would be where the cowl attaches as between the "29 and '30/early '31 fordors - other than that, the floor sills would depend on whether you have a Briggs or Murray-bodied car.

The Murray and Briggs body floor sills are quite different - the main similarity is limited to the length and perhaps the interior dimensions where the floor boards will drop in. The Briggs floor sills have the exterior moulding attached to them that run under the doors, and is much wider at the door openings than the Murray body floor sill accordingly. The Murray floor sill, on the other hand, is recessed to accommodate the door - the lower reveal being on the bottom of the door - and the positioning of the "B pillar" is different between the two as well. Much of the body wood is similar between the two body manufacturers, and yet there are numerous differences as well. The center post and the rear door post themselves are similar as I recall, but the rear quarter wood is shorter on the Murray bodied cars. and the rear center brace that attaches to the rear tire support is somewhat different as well - most of the top bows however are very similar or may even be interchangeable, as is the front header (again based upon my recollection). We recently re-did the entire wood in our '29 Briggs sedan, and I passed along a similar '29 Murray to our oldest daughter and her husband, so I was able to compare the two when we were re-installing new wood in the Briggs. I think that I may still have the patterns we used for both the Briggs and the Murray floor sills if those would be helpful.

Good Luck in your venture - as Skibb said above, it requires a fair amount of patience, and no kit is going to fit together without some serious massaging before the process is completed. I hope that this helps.

Dick