32 5W body work issues

[3W Hank]

My project was started out to find a 32 3W and I looked in Sweden but at that time no car or body was to find plus I heard cars sold was rather expensive.
I wanted to set out my style so a complete car did feel the wrong way ( maybe a big mistake…
One at Hamb in Alabama had a body with frame, 25 louver hood, grille etc at 40K and really a disaster.
I did look over a Brookville body both complete or in parts ( as people warned me on.
I found a 3W in LA and again a 25 louver hood and grille but no frame and it was 35K and friend had a look when he was there, it was no floor and in that time after cowid it was hard get freight and it was expensive so I said no.
I decided to go for a new 28 roadster instead as I had a 32 frame and some other parts.
After a car meet in Sweden I saw both a Henry 28 and a new made 28 body and I realized I can’t has a new body, so I called them and got back my deposit.
Then a 5W showed up close to me. It was an old race car from Texas so it came via eBay to Sweden around 15-20 years ago and it was rust-free but floor was new. The section on roof hole had a cutted out edge ( for a alu plate ) and the firewall had the std end section rim cutted off as they used a alu plate.
It was chopped ugly but it’s nice at 3”.
Owner here bought a new PU floor/subframe and find the firewall rim end part and it went to a guy that installed the floor.
It took me 6 month to get this deal done.
I realized when car came to me it was no door gap and the old cut work would be hard to find a guy that can fix it.
Body was rather expensive but close ( 20 minutes’ drive ) but it was rust free Henry and even if I wanted a Henry floor it was nice see a fresh floor in it. It had doors and trunk, firewall, window garnish, seat frame, dash etc was included.
Now after some years gone thru I collected all speed parts I did like to use so I’m practically there now to get the body done.
One guy promise me to help out ( waited 1 year ) walked away but at +70 I can’t force him do it and another is anyway 1.5 years away.
Most say this is a very nice body, but one told me it’s a terrible body and worse he ever seen and mean it’s just too far off vs the old bad works so it should take him at least 700 hours and he needed split up the whole body in parts (?)
Well, see it from that side, it was more easy for me get an old complete car ( early Ca hotrod ) or a Henry std 32 coupe.

Don’t know how to do this but it seems to ’much’ for 1 guy handle this.
Me, I can’t do it, so to sell it ?

But an idea.
It’s a very ugly cut/weld in roof but the floor is tight in the end of body but they needed get the holes wider at rear bolt it to frame.
If ( rear ) if the body goes back for door gap will be Ok.
The firewall is now located correct in front to body but the subrail parts/holes don’t match to the frame holes.
It might be no big deal get new holes.
I can’t remove floor as it nice installed in the big picture and if I drill all weld spot up and remove the floor it will not be nice.
But look at picture of subrail, driver side gap is half vs on picture passenger side (?) I wonder how could that be.

So my idea is to start with the A-frame ( look terrible )
-But how will a body react to cut roof up and cut it in floor so remove the front end of the body ?

This body has been chopped not stacked up way back in time and the new floor is not installed on frame or jig.

Maybe it’s better sell it to someone that has own 1.000 hours.
But from others all this is not that hard to get done.
My idea is now to use several guys as to much work for 1 ( and they walk away from it.

Idea before I cut.