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04-04-2020, 07:18 AM | #1 |
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34 pickup wood question
Do you know what species of wood was used for the support blocks for the cab and also the wood in the bed? Looks sort of like maple but I think that might rot easily.
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04-04-2020, 07:40 AM | #2 |
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Re: 34 pickup wood question
Pretty sure 33-34 roadster - phaeton body wood is hard maple .
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04-04-2020, 10:48 AM | #3 |
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Re: 34 pickup wood question
Maple or Ash for the cab mounting blocks and oak for underneath the bed.
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04-04-2020, 12:17 PM | #4 |
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Re: 34 pickup wood question
Thanks for the answers. The wood under the bed doesn't look, at all, like oak. Perhaps it was changed before. The existing wood under the bed is closed grain not open like oak or ash. I need to re-make two of the support blocks. Fortunately, there is enough of the old ones to use for a pattern and I just happen to have some hard maple planks. I'm debating whether or not to replace the bed sheet metal (all rotted out on one end, as are the boards) or just replace the planks and leave the bed wood. The truck will remain basically stock otherwise. Just for fun.
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04-04-2020, 05:12 PM | #5 |
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Re: 34 pickup wood question
Metal cover is the correct thing. White oak makes excellent foundation wood for the bed and should be sealed with a good wood sealer.
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04-05-2020, 09:42 AM | #6 |
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04-05-2020, 12:29 PM | #7 |
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Re: 34 pickup wood question
All of the wood under this '32 bed is original and is oak. I think Ford used hard woods indigenous to the area around Iron Mountain, MI interchangeably as available drawing the line at station wagon components where they species of wood was specified for each wood component.
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04-05-2020, 06:18 PM | #8 |
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Re: 34 pickup wood question
That makes a lot of sense, David. I like the idea of white oak as a substrate, since it holds up so well when wet. BTW I suspect there was a lot more wood available then than today. Some of that old growth timber that was cut for lumber must have made some beautiful and excellent wood for the old cars.
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