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02-08-2021, 03:33 PM | #21 |
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Re: Was Plywood Used
well this thread taught me a lesson or two.
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02-08-2021, 05:30 PM | #22 |
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Re: Was Plywood Used
Yes makes total sense about the wood.
I do though enjoy listening to stories from the old guys it sounded like a good storyline ! |
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02-08-2021, 07:06 PM | #23 |
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Poplar-Mahogany marine grade plywood was used on boats and aircraft well before the model A era. Ford's Iron Mountain sawmill was in production by the end of July in 1921 and Ford kept improving on it as time went by. Ford made all the wood panels for the station wagons when they came out.
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02-08-2021, 07:11 PM | #24 |
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My 29 Coupe came from Nevada. It doesn't seem to be original but it does appear to be redwood.
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02-08-2021, 07:26 PM | #25 |
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The folklore my dad always told me was the factories were heated with wood burning furnaces and the wood came from the shipping containers.
The other part of the story was Henry owned several tree plantations and a massive lumber mill in the Bay City Michigan area and was able to produce the needed wood at the mill. Last edited by McMimmcs; 02-08-2021 at 07:38 PM. |
02-09-2021, 11:39 AM | #26 |
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Different plants likely had differing energy sources but the Rouge had coal hauled in either by ship or rail so that was likely the energy source for the main Dearborn and Highland Park facilities in that era. I don't doubt that Ford's plants used all the materials that they could but they also found other good uses for some materials rather than waist them. I have heard that Ford used shipping container wood for some things but I don't know how many items were actually sent out in containers. They actually stacked a lot of things together or in special racks when they were loaded on the freight cars to go out to the various plants. Knock down vehicles were crated as a complete assembly of components for shipping overseas. They were put together like jigsaw puzzles so that everything fit in as small an area as possible. Last edited by rotorwrench; 02-09-2021 at 11:50 AM. |
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