Original 1932 frame and repo body

[glennpm]

I took a number of photos and dimensions. The measurements listed on your body photos are from the bottom of the body to the outside of the running board bead which is equal to the bottom of the frame.

It looks to me that the body from rear door opening to the rear of the body is too high. Is the top of the door opening dimension the same as the bottom?

I also show that the rear body to frame is just the thickness of the frame welting. Your picture in post #17 looks to be too great but can't tell well from the picture.

I have about 5mm of gas tank to body gap.

Front of door


rearmost

[Harold Degand]

Under the A pillar : approx 4 1/2 in (11,5cm), same thing under B pillar,
Distance D : 2 3/4 (7cm)

[Harold Degand]

How it look underneath

[glennpm]

Originally Posted by Harold Degand

Under the A pillar : approx 4 1/2 in (11,5cm), same thing under B pillar,
Distance D : 2 3/4 (7cm)

"D" doesn't look correct for left fender to frame mount bolt.

[The Art Doctor]

In the underneath shot the curve over the frame kick-up appears to not align with the high point of the frame. It looks like the body needs to go back a little. That may pivot the rear end down a bit but then you may have door fitting issues or the cowl would need to come up more than it is up right now. I do think you should try and fit the doors, then the rear end back and down and see how high cowl feel fall short. All that said it might be simpler and neater in the end to pie cut the frame and push the rails up to where you need them to be. Are you running fenders? That will certainly complicate things but with a reproduction body one has to expect to make some adjustments. Do you have chassis modification rules where you live? I know some countries do not allow one to cut and weld on the chassis.

[glennpm]

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The floor, until the rear kickup for the gas tank, follows the top frame rail. Your floor is higher than original.



Looking up by shock suppressor

[glennpm]

Could be that the floor edge reinforcement is raising the body incorrectly.

[alchemy]

My brother has an original Ford 5-window body on an original frame that has a gap similar to the pic of Glen’s above. Required a shim or two in front of the axle, and even more at the last mounting bolt.

[glennpm]

So what is your plan Harold?

[Harold Degand]

I’m still looking for a solution. It takes time. To much time.
I think I’ll heat and bend the rear pick up to rise the tank 1in.

[glennpm]

If you're not running fenders, that may be the easiest fix.

[Harold Degand]

Yes, it will be a pre war style hot rod

[oldford]

I wonder how well the Brookville roaster bodies fit.

[Randy in ca]

I think I would check the door fit and measure the opening (distance between pillars) before doing anything to avoid creating a big problem in that area.

[glennpm]

Originally Posted by Randy in ca

I think I would check the door fit and measure the opening (distance between pillars) before doing anything to avoid creating a big problem in that area.

Yes, me too. I think the replacement floor with the edge reinforcement is the problem. If it was me, I'd cut the floor out and replace it with a correct repo floor.

[Harold Degand]

Actually, the door opening is kept by a square tubing bolted to the A pilar and the B pilar.

[Harold Degand]

Originally Posted by oldford

I wonder how well the Brookville roaster bodies fit.

I think they fit better. But a Brookville body imported in Belgium is almost two times the US price.

[Harold Degand]

Here are few pics I found of Swedish bodies on original frames.
Some cars have a big gap, some not.
The most signifiant is the last one.

[glennpm]

Some of them don't look too bad. The brown one, the last, as you mention is huge.

[PeteVS]

I know I've read it in the past (I forget where) but original frames were subject to being bent. If a driver has a tank full of gas and a spare tire mounted back there, all of that weight is hanging out there a good distance from the rear crossmember. Traveling at a good speed and hitting a significant bump will create enough of a bending moment on the frame to bend it.