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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2015, 02:30:15 PM »
I think the way im gonna attack this is to start at the rear and work my way to the front. Doing the body frame first, then the door's.
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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2015, 03:30:36 PM »
Rattiac  You will have to take all the metal off of the wood framing and evaluate what has to go.For starters anyone and everyone will tell you you have to start with the body frame and work your way up cowl to body frame door post to cowl  to body frame rear of door frame to body frame cross member and seat frame to body frame convertible boot to body frame rear quarter post to body frame kick up over rear to body frame and all the cross members to body frame.When you have the skeleton body frame done ,assemble the floor then ,assemble that to the body with the acquired body bolts.to frame and start to assemble the steel parts to the body.In my case the last parts to get attached were the doors.Sorry if i bust your bubble  vetee 59jdwl

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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2015, 05:04:49 PM »
Rattiac  this might motivate you  vette59jdwl

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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2015, 06:33:37 PM »
Rattiac  this should give you a good idea what you are up against if you decided to go with all metal.........http://www.realsteel.com/projects/1931-chevrolet-sedan/......vette59jdwl

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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2015, 09:52:41 PM »
Thats a beautiful car. Now I dont feel bad for wanting to go to blackwall tires. Looks really good on that car.

Here's something I found in the off-road world for helping to cut square tubing .
http://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-Portaband-Tables-Accessories_c_35.html

Still havent herd from the guy on the H/V metal saw .    Maybe im just being impatient .
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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #20 on: November 04, 2015, 10:15:41 PM »
wow, the 32 roadster has really come a long way since I saw pictures of it parked under a canopy at the side of a house.

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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2015, 11:02:38 AM »
  No Mike  I am sorry if i mislead you.This apple green car is my buddy's  Jack Kennedy.I am following Jack's build except that i am going to be using hydraulic brakes and a six cylinder 230 or 250 with either a 700R4 or a 5 speed standard from a chevy S-10. I have the rumble seat off ours the trunk lid off of ours the quarter panels off ours the doors off ours the hood is off and the Radiators of which i have 3 is off oh and the wheels are off and it is up on blocks  no where near what Jack Kennedy.s is.His is now painted and driveable He is in the complession stages and doing the apholstery.
  All i was doing was showing rattiac some pictures of how it is suppose to be done and that is what i am doing taking it all apart to start over. Right now i have the corvette all apart and am redoing the paint and the interior  all new dash new carpet and door panels as well as seats and most of the chrome.As a mater of fact i am looking for a good chrome shop here in CANADA  I have heard of one in Montreal but am unsure   vette59jdwl

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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2015, 01:39:56 PM »
Thanks for the tips, links, and pictures. Some of my fear of this task is because I'm not the one who took my body apart. It was together when I first saw it but could not afford the asking price. That was in the late 70s. I ran across it again a few owners later and it was apart. I have a bag of loose wood and a can of metal brackets and bolts. I'm beginning to form a plan. If I can recreate the main bottom rails, using mine as patterns, I think I can do the rest. My tools, skills and helpers will lean me toward more metal. Although a lot of my wood is very good a lot of the attachment points were not treated with respect they deserved. :(
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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2015, 05:04:27 PM »
Sixball  I am going to say again your wood is 90 percent better than my wood ever was.The first thing i did was bought the wood for the doors here from Don Beals  I never had no wood for the doors I had door hinges but no door wood  nadah.Then i started taking the door posts apart one at a time I took them downstairs and prior to that i made a table in the center of one of the bedrooms so i could have a place in the house to work on the smaller things.So i took the door posts downstairs got me some butcher paper and copied the outside form of the door post both sideways and face on.This allowed me to transferr that to plywood.Then i will cut two or three layers of plywood the same schematic and will laminated them together glue and screw or glue and dowl then together.I think the thing to do is mock up your body frame pieces first,say on a table or on three or four sawhorses all leveled out.Then get the measurments of the cross pieces and the kick up for the rear axle.Then you can start to mosk up the skeleton of the vehicle.Remind us here that are interested i believe this is a 1926 chevrolet roadster that you are working on ,am i right..........http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/148887/.This should give you an idea what some of us are up agains   vette59jdwl

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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #24 on: November 05, 2015, 05:46:50 PM »
http://www.fquick.com/garages/Chevro...pe/1926/25505/  Sixball this is your car  vette59jdwl

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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #25 on: November 05, 2015, 06:01:37 PM »
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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #26 on: November 05, 2015, 08:01:11 PM »
Vette59, Thanks for all the information. At least mine is a roadster and has a lot less wood than a coupe or sedan. Yes it is a '26. I think the last picture is a '26-'27 Ford. The Chevy has hidden hinges and no bead around the door.
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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #27 on: November 05, 2015, 08:11:43 PM »
sixball.......http://forums.aaca.org/topic/165406-1926-7-chevrolet-parts-for-sale/.......This might help I think the first thing is to make the frame rails and drill the holes that go through the frame there should be bolts with a large washer on top of the wood. I will sentdyou pictures of the way they are on the 32 chevy i do not think there is much difference. If you google 28 chevrolet restoration there is quite a forum on this coach most of this would be very similar to what you will want to accomplish  vette59jdwl

PS  this is what they look like without the skin  funny ah  lol lol  vette59jdwl
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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2015, 01:41:55 PM »
Sixball.....I have a bag of loose wood and a can of metal brackets and bolts. I'm beginning to form a plan. If I can recreate the main bottom rails, using mine as patterns, I think I can do the rest.....Post us some pictures of the parts and pieces that you have i am almost sure some of us can help you reserrect the placement of most of those parts  vette59jdwl

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Re: Wood to Steel Conversion 32 Chevy Example
« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2016, 11:00:31 PM »
I've been looking at the link alot and may pick up a shrinker/stretcher to work some arches.

Another thing I've been thinking about.
Is what to do with the handles. Im sure it's possible to keep the stock handles and window regulators but should I not ???  Are they safe???
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