The Ford Barn

Chad Marchees · 09-02-2019, 11:29 AM

Maybe someone has more experience here than I do.

I am trying to rewood a 1924 front half of a touring body. Has anyone done any rewooding not using a kit?

I have a set of brand new sills that were given to me, and my body had most of the upright pieces left on it. I figured it would be fairly easy to do this and remake the pieces---it has proven to be most difficult.

I am to the point, I am wondering if it would be easier to try and hang all the sheet metal and work from the inside of the body to get the "correct" angles of my upright pieces. I don't know where exactly they should be, and its causing some irritation, and me cutting up some very expensive ash wood.

There are some metal reinforcement brackets that are use to tie certain areas together, but it seems like if you tighten them down, in the cowl area, things start getting really far off.

Any advice anyone could give would be most helpful.

09-02-2019, 11:29 AM	#1
Chad Marchees Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 35	Rewooding '24 = Frustration Maybe someone has more experience here than I do. I am trying to rewood a 1924 front half of a touring body. Has anyone done any rewooding not using a kit? I have a set of brand new sills that were given to me, and my body had most of the upright pieces left on it. I figured it would be fairly easy to do this and remake the pieces---it has proven to be most difficult. I am to the point, I am wondering if it would be easier to try and hang all the sheet metal and work from the inside of the body to get the "correct" angles of my upright pieces. I don't know where exactly they should be, and its causing some irritation, and me cutting up some very expensive ash wood. There are some metal reinforcement brackets that are use to tie certain areas together, but it seems like if you tighten them down, in the cowl area, things start getting really far off. Any advice anyone could give would be most helpful.