huckster question

[old ugly]

1928.
i have the frame and driveline completed and about to start on the body. the necessary stock body parts are at the sandblaster rite now.
i have the plans from wagon works.
i am using the sedan front A pillar and windshield opening.

i have the front section of the subframe that goes from the A piller to just behind the front seat, from a sedan.
what are your thoughts on using that section of the stock subframe and making original style front floor boards or should i run a wooden floor rails all the way up to the A piller?
and if you have any pictures of that area if you used the ford subframe.
thank you

[Brentwood Bob]

Your seats maybe a problem getting the right height if you eliminate the section of stock subframe. The space behind the seat is open into the bed on mine. I don't know what seat is in mine. Was your seat a bench type? Mine has a floor pan under the seat, and a subframe.
Mine is a 31 indented firewall so it's apples and oranges, I noticed you said 1928 so ignore me.

[old ugly]

the car the subframe came out of had the folding bucket seats.

Brentwood Bob if you get a chance can you show me a picture of that area.

thank you.

[Brentwood Bob]

Maybe. See what I can do tomorrow.

[Russell Reay]

Originally Posted by old ugly

1928.

and if you have any pictures of that area if you used the ford subframe.
thank you

Here are pics of mine using Wagon Works plans. Per those plans, my 2 X 10 sitting on top of the frame rail goes all the way to the A pillar--no subframe. I do not have any original seats, nor the opportunity to 'test drive' another A, so I am making my own. The WW seat plans just don't appear to be that comfortable. These are from a Honda Civic, and I mocked them up using 2x4s for support until they felt comfortable. Now I am fabbing the steel supports. I have been building this car for about two years--learning a lot. Let me know if I can help

[Brentwood Bob]

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Russ, is that white oak?

[Russell Reay]

Originally Posted by Brentwood Bob

Russ, is that white oak?

The 2 x 10 , 2 x 4 cross members, and roof slats are red oak. The rest of the superstructure is white ash, and the bed floor is southern yellow pine flooring. For 40 years I have saved every tree big enough to saw, and had the guys at the local high school tech center saw them on their Woodmizer. I think I have enough ash left to make the doors. The 2x10 in the photo is grubby looking from so many months of using it as a work bench while leaning in to the car's center. This huckster continues to be a real learning exercise.

[Brentwood Bob]

Should sand out. Spar varnish finish after stain?

[Russell Reay]

Originally Posted by Brentwood Bob

Should sand out. Spar varnish finish after stain?

Spar varnish, but no stain.

[old ugly]

Originally Posted by Russell Reay

Here are pics of mine using Wagon Works plans. Per those plans, my 2 X 10 sitting on top of the frame rail goes all the way to the A pillar--no subframe. I do not have any original seats, nor the opportunity to 'test drive' another A, so I am making my own. The WW seat plans just don't appear to be that comfortable. These are from a Honda Civic, and I mocked them up using 2x4s for support until they felt comfortable. Now I am fabbing the steel supports. I have been building this car for about two years--learning a lot. Let me know if I can help

great pictures, that helps
thank you.