Truck based woody

[jerseyboy]

GB,
Great video! Thanks! Woodie is coming along wonderfully.

Keep V-8ing and 4-banging!

[GB SISSON]

Well in the next few days I can post some pictures of my doors. I woke up at about 4 am and after a weekend with my wife's relatives on the mainland I was ready to get to work on the woodie but had a full day of work waiting. By 7 am I had a jig built for laminating the front door stiles. I traced the pattern off a panel truck door and bandsawed a stack of 2x8's into the shape. I sort of built in a finger joint about 1 1/4" long that took care of itself in the laminating process. When I get some pictures you will know what I'm getting at. In the meantime I dug up some excellent NOS door latches at an ancient hardware store while I was over on the mainland. They have a thumb latch to open from the inside and a 3/8" square that accepts the ford door handle on the exterior. The striker is the exact same size and shape as a ford pickup striker. I bought all the ones they had just in case I end up building another. I also ran across a '36 cowl that I fell in love with. Next woodie?

[RalphM]

Next Woodie? If it's anywhere near this one, hell ya! You did bring it home with you?

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by RalphM

Next Woodie? If it's anywhere near this one, hell ya! You did bring it home with you?

Sometimes we only have one chance to approach the owner with some kind of offer. It's yard art at a business, but hidden in the trees. Gotta think of a really good reason why I should have it, and what I could give him to put in it's place......

[docrock]

Great video. Makes me want to live there. Keep up the great work

[GB SISSON]

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It has been a great place to raise 4 kids. Like a lot of rural areas, all of them have moved to the mainland where they have 'real' jobs. It is indeed a very beautiful place and like I stated in the video, the top speed limit of 40 mph (35 on most roads) makes it a great place to use and enjoy older vehicles. At the speed limit it takes almost an hour to go from one end to the other. No stop lights, but we have a movie theater and a supermarket and a napa store. We also have summerfolk who need cabinets and furniture in their vacation homes. In the fall, I will have been here 40 years. I guess it will be the weekend before I get pictures of my door parts.

[flatford8]

Hey GB....... Great video!!!.... Very professional.... Nice place you have there.... Nobody could do a video like that about my projects... Because my face only looks good on radio!!!!... Let me know if you want the rubber and what size, so I dont bother shipping something thats to small....I work alot of hours and am busy with my own projects, so it might take me a little while to find suitable packaging and get it shipped way "over there"... The truck looks great!!!!..... Mark

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by flatford8

Hey GB....... Great video!!!.... Very professional.... Nice place you have there.... Nobody could do a video like that about my projects... Because my face only looks good on radio!!!!... Let me know if you want the rubber and what size, so I dont bother shipping something thats to small....I work alot of hours and am busy with my own projects, so it might take me a little while to find suitable packaging and get it shipped way "over there"... The truck looks great!!!!..... Mark

I had been working for the guy and he's a cinematographer in Hollywood. My last kid had just moved away and he was the one who had always done a cellphone video of my 'first drives' for youtube. Their place is nearby and Geoff seemed like he needed a project so I asked if he'd come by after work and film the panel truck. Well 3 trips later with a high definition movie camera he comes up with this. I will get some good measurements today and heck, you could at least let me pay the shipping!

[GB SISSON]

I keep going back and forth between the wood body, the engine and the sheet metal depending on my mood...... After work today I pulled out my best grill bars and the front bumper I bought off CL a year ago anticipating the woodie project. Just cleaning up and sorting, not installing anything for good. Maybe I'll drag out the front fenders next week and start welding up the cracks......

[docrock]

Outstanding workmanship on these doors, and great pics. Thank you

[tiger.1000]

Graeme,

Here's my Goldie....once a year in the summer we have a "Goldie evening".....see who can actually start it and determine who's first to recover from either bruised shins or severe arm-ache after a belt up the country lanes.

[GB SISSON]

Been working on the rear doors and riding the BSA a bit too. I finally built the rear doors. Not the tailgate but the rear doors for passengers. I had bought some real heavy duty 2 1/2" hinges to hang them on but for the life of me I can't find them anywhere..... The photos show the very first fit into the opening and it isn't too bad. Some needs to be relieved so they will sit plumb. I have yet to determine how the windows will operate, but I have a lot of router bits and a welder to alter them if needed to get clearance. Tomorrow we will be on the mainland starting a much needed 4 day weekend. First stop is a guy I found in Oak Harbor who has 3 ford woodies and is willing to show me the doors and lots of other parts so I can get some dimensions and photos before I build the front doors. The front doors have been keeping me up at night, but really it's the regular work jobs that stress me and the woodie project keeps me sane. Or relatively so...... The mahogany looking panels you see are marine plywood I get from my supplier for 70 bucks and it's 9 ply 3/8". I see woodies that have mahogany panels and others with birch or ash or whatever. I tend to like the blonde wood for panels. Any advice on what would have been customary for the era? I have a vacuum press for veneers and access to any species so open to ideas.

[Graeme / New Zealand]

Originally Posted by tiger.1000

Graeme,

Here's my Goldie....once a year in the summer we have a "Goldie evening".....see who can actually start it and determine who's first to recover from either bruised shins or severe arm-ache after a belt up the country lanes.

Absolutely beautiful the ultimate 500 " one lunger" in my opinion, a real Isle of Man bike, you have to love the rake of that pipe. Thanks for posting the pic.

Hey GB haven't looked at this thread for a while, the woodwork is a masterpiece, the blond panels look fantastic.

Graeme

[Bill]

Well I gotta stick my nose in it ..again. You're a mile away from wood varnish but when the time comes I'm suggesting you go with the dark panel inserts and for varnish make sure it has an amber tint not clear. This will make it look like it was refinished years ago which should be the effect you are looking for. Go with a spar varnish not the plastic looking urethanes. You can thank me later..you'll see!

[GB SISSON]

I'm a huge fan of old fashioned spar varnish. The more amber the better. I totally get what you are saying. Still on the fence about mahogany or lighter wood for the panels. Well, I gotta run to catch the ferry. Thanks.

[Graeme / New Zealand]

Originally Posted by Bill

Well I gotta stick my nose in it ..again. You're a mile away from wood varnish but when the time comes I'm suggesting you go with the dark panel inserts and for varnish make sure it has an amber tint not clear. This will make it look like it was refinished years ago which should be the effect you are looking for. Go with a spar varnish not the plastic looking urethanes. You can thank me later..you'll see!

Bill what are those wheels you are using...interesting, are they merc caps? Very subtle, lovely woody.

Graeme

[docrock]

20160325_185936.jpg This is my Woodie and I am a big fan of dark panels. I use Mahogany with gunstock stain. This car is built out of Birch and I stained it with Golden Pecan and 15 coats of Epifanes. Keep up the great work and the pics.

[wga]

GB - wow, incredible work. Something about working with spar varnish that brings out the inherent beauty of the wood. For the doors, Ford had the dark mahogany inserts,
and when varnished, the contrast is awesome - as with Bill's. Either way, you have will have a stunning car.

[Graeme / New Zealand]

Here's a 37 Woody that SWOOP who posts on this site made from a sedan that has been "trucked" I'll let him tell the story.......... "I started to build this from a 37 sedan that had been trucked.
Got the wood templates from Ken Terrio.
Had the doors ,rear 1/4's and tailgate made by an old woodworking craftsman.
Stained and varnished them myself, and then sold the car to a buddy.
Doesn't look too bad for a copy though".

Just thought this may be of interest to all woody fans.

Graeme

[GB SISSON]

That's a great job he did. I guess 'trucked' means the sedan had been converted to a truck or ute. Any before picture?