1929 Roadster
 

I don know if this is allowed on here but we are assembling a 1929 Ford roadster from Brookville .

The only original Ford piece being the gas tank . Please pull the thread if it violates the rules

alot of work ahead of us as these pieces dont fit together without alot of doin .

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cowl and A pillar are to Ford spec

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blasted the gas tank . dash rail was a real bear to get on

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full fit

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had to modify the brookville brace from A pillar to subframe to actually fit over the body mount holes like ford did

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equidistant inner door gaps and the quarter brace put in in this picture .

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all and all pretty pleased so far with the way its turning out

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Re: 1929 Roadster
 

Flop can you elaborate a bit more about the 'bear to fit' pieces.

I am considering buying some brookville sections.

Re: 1929 Roadster
 

Looks good. I don't know why this would be disallowed by site rules.

Re: 1929 Roadster
 

My experiences are these are hand-built bodies that require massage work. Brookville's employees have jigs, fixtures, and hands-on experience in assembling them. The biggest issue is making sure the sub-rail extensions and the cowl are correctly assembled (in alignment) or nothing fits afterwards. Drawings and an original body to measure off of is a huge help in assembling one.

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I helped a friend assemble one of these bought un-assembled. All I can say id Thank God for cleco clamps. Rod

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Is it live or is it Memorex?

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Seeing brookville do not make new tanks, to have a pristine sandblasted original tank coupled to a brookville body is about as good as it gets .

Re: 1929 Roadster
 

Flop: How's it feel to work with "new" metal??
Paul in CT

Re: 1929 Roadster
 

pooch ... just finessing tweaking and sometimes down right force to get things into ford spec .

brent hit the nail on the head . if you dont have measurements or a car to measure from you are in for a real treat .... now i know what happened with the 32 3 window thats in the shop .

Rowdy yes clamps eveywhere !!! tons of em !!!

1931 i have a brookville 32 3 window in here before this one . it spoils you .


thanks guys !!

Re: 1929 Roadster
 

Really interesting.

Probably had similar issues way back when, but as mentioned earlier Henry's boys would also have all the kit, and building a lot of cars a day tends to make things a lot easier :)

Re: 1929 Roadster
 

My Brookville body was in primer when I picked it up. I didn't have any trouble with parts fitting. Everything lined up well. That was fifteen years ago, though, so maybe things have changed in the meantime.

Re: 1929 Roadster
 

I suppose Ford had the same dramas.

I was surprised to see the original factory pics of the hood tweaking machines a while ago that were posted here.

Re: 1929 Roadster
 

I would venture a guess not. There was minor finish work to be done back then but not like now. The differences I believe is dies were constantly being replaced plus the press sizes were much greater at Ford. Think about it, each stamping branch was probably fabricating as many Roadsters in one shift as what Brookville is manufacturing in a whole year. I have been at Brookville on several occasions and have seen how they assemble bodies. There is a lot of hand work that goes into one at Brookville. Back in the day, there was not enough time to be able to spend on hand work.

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...and speaking of Pressing equipment. Compare the pictures of Fords vs. Antique Auto Sheetmetal's. That is my son standing in front of both.

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Re: 1929 Roadster
 

your son aged well if hes stamping in 1930 and still looking pretty young now a days ! ;)


good pictures Brent !