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01-20-2017, 12:33 PM | #1 |
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1933-34 patch panel installation question
I am putting on rocker and lower front quarter panels.
The rockers extend beyond the B pillar. Am I supposed to trim it and butt weld the seam to the quarter patch, or does the quarter patch wrap around the rocker? |
01-20-2017, 07:02 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
The factory has a joint at the end of the front and rear quarter. I left them about a 1/2 inch inside each and welded top and bottom, just like my sedan was before. Planning to fill with body sealer after epoxy primer.
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01-20-2017, 09:22 PM | #3 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
Thanks for the photo. This area of my Cabrio' was completely rotted away.
So there is a seam at the B pillar? |
01-20-2017, 09:58 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
Seams at both the B pillar and at the tail of the cowl moulding.
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01-20-2017, 10:58 PM | #5 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
I'm not sure about all body styles, but I know that the seams are not in exactly the same places on certain models -- so what might be one way on a 3W, may not be the same on a Cabriolet. I can't say for sure, but you should research your particular body style.
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01-21-2017, 10:40 AM | #6 |
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01-21-2017, 11:23 AM | #7 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
I made the bottom B pillar bracket, bottom half of inner rocker. Here's a couple more pics. The rockers are different lengths (as are the doors) for different body styles, as is the lower rear quarter from door to wheel well. The seams on the front lower cowl should be in the same place.
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01-23-2017, 03:42 PM | #8 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
34 Cabrio seams
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01-25-2017, 09:16 AM | #9 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
thank you @BrianCT
exactly what I was looking for. |
01-25-2017, 10:30 AM | #10 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
This is a 33 5w with original paint . Rockers go over recessed lips on cowl and quarter . As you can see the finishing is not real nice .
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01-25-2017, 10:49 AM | #11 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
David J's 33 5 window original paint pictures are very interesting.
I am curious if someone were doing a "concours" type restoration would the seams be made "pretty" or left as original? |
01-25-2017, 11:42 AM | #12 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
Maybe DavidG will chime back in on your question as he judges stuff I think .
Here's a 33 [ black ] and a 34 [ maroon ] original paint sedan front seams and they are sloppy also . |
01-25-2017, 12:35 PM | #13 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
I've had more than my fair share of '33s and '34s and none of them have had joints as sloppy as those on David's coupe. I believe that Brian's example is the most representative of both manufacturing intent and actual practice in the vast majority of the cars.
I have two '33 concours restorations in final assembly at present and both bodies required the usual '33-'34 rocker panel replacement. The seams are as original (like Brian's). I'm sure David would agree that no one would likely want to use his coupe's seams as a model, no matter that they are also totally original. As for judging (at Early Ford V8 Club national meets), the average judge might not observe the absence or presence of those seams given how much ground they have to cover in a limited amount of time. |
01-25-2017, 12:50 PM | #14 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
David ,
Thought you might like those . You saw that car in person but we probably didn't look at the seams . The 33 and 34 sedan ones are better but not like Brians example . His are about as clean as I have seen . AND NO I would not use the 33 5w as a pattern either but I kinda like it like that so it is staying just as it is . |
01-25-2017, 02:07 PM | #15 |
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Here's another shot of a original car ,rockers come with a reases on the A pillar end. I always thought they slid under, this shows in David js B piller picture .
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01-25-2017, 02:20 PM | #16 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
Ted's photo shows extensive metal finishing above the joint vertical joint. In the two photos below of a '34 roadster body in white, note the obvious metal finishing solder (lead) on either side of the joint which speaks to the intent. Clearly this step was missed on David J's '33 coupe when the body was manufactured.
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01-26-2017, 07:57 AM | #17 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
interesting.
So the seams are soldered? |
01-26-2017, 08:25 AM | #18 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
On my original 34 Ford Fourdoor, the seams were leaded/soldered at both the front and back.
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01-26-2017, 08:58 AM | #19 |
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Re: 1933-34 patch panel installation question
The lead/tin solder was the form of filler used at the time. Major structure has to be welded in some form or riveted to hold the structure. Brazing was used by some manufacturers but Ford didn't seem to use it much. The body solder was just to smooth out the finish prior to paint.
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01-26-2017, 09:11 AM | #20 |
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The seams on the roadster in the photos weren't filled with solder, only the areas immediately adjacent to the seams. Fordors and phaetons were treated differently with only a single seam at the cowl/rocker panel joint showing or in at least one case as noted above, no exposed seams.
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