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rotorwrench · 10-12-2020, 10:10 AM

Budd was about the only company in the early years that could press out a one piece roof but Ford only used them if there was no cheaper way to go. Ford could make a lot of the smaller stampings since there was no solid roof yet. For the larger panel trucks it saved a lot of woodwork to have Budd make them a solid roof.

The 35 & 36 pickups are hard to find in good condition and that makes the panel trucks even harder to find. That one looks to be mostly all there which is a rare bear now days.

10-12-2020, 10:10 AM	#10
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,436	Re: ‘35 Panel delivery, is this a stock weld? Budd was about the only company in the early years that could press out a one piece roof but Ford only used them if there was no cheaper way to go. Ford could make a lot of the smaller stampings since there was no solid roof yet. For the larger panel trucks it saved a lot of woodwork to have Budd make them a solid roof. The 35 & 36 pickups are hard to find in good condition and that makes the panel trucks even harder to find. That one looks to be mostly all there which is a rare bear now days.