07-05-2012, 12:50 AM
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1932 Factory bodywork
Does anyone know or have pics from the Ford assembly plant of how they did bodywork in 1932?
Did they use files & sandpaper or lead to correct stamping flaws? |
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07-05-2012, 07:42 AM
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Re: 1932 Factory bodywork
Probably all three.
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07-05-2012, 10:47 AM
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Re: 1932 Factory bodywork
Ford Probably paid the metal men and stripers the most when it came to product quality. They wanted to keep quality at the peak but spend the least time doing it and you had to be both fast and good to keep that pay scale. From what little I've heard, Bill Hines (the customizer) used to be a metal man for GM in Detroit way back when before he moved to California & started doing custom work.
The only thing they didn't use back then was Bondo. |
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07-05-2012, 01:16 PM
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Re: 1932 Factory bodywork
They used body picks and grinders. Lead was used on the various panel joints, then a grinder to smooth it. I worked at the Atlanta Ford plant in 1953 and this was my job.
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07-05-2012, 05:34 PM
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Re: 1932 Factory bodywork
Jerry, did you take any pics while you worked there? I would love to see them!
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07-05-2012, 09:53 PM
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Re: 1932 Factory bodywork
The Ford Plant Police would have conficated any camera!!!
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