Hi. I’m in fairly desperate need of help. Having bought a steel 32 body and an aftermarket frame, I’ve had to disassemble the body to remove numerous areas that aren’t right/safe. I now have a pile of old to work and a growing pile of brookville sheet metal. My problem is figuring out how some of the panels fit ‘properly’ given that many of them were butchered somewhat by the previous. I also can’t afford to keep buying more and more panels. I’m in the uk and shipping and taxes are biting hard.... Can anyone out there help with clear pictures of build threads or similar that show area of the car I’m struggling with?? As a starter, I need: - details/photos of how the cowl side panel fitted to the A pillar/door post. Mine has the rear edge of the cowl panel ground off almost to the outer fav of the panel. Pictures I can find suggest it should somehow wrap around the post so the hinge passes though both?? - I have a new set of brookville rails bought cheaply new old stock. In the rocker area are two moulding lines. I presume the door post mentioned above pushes up to one, and the rear quarter to the other so that the rocker sits between both? Any pictures of a traditional Hotrod in that area would be great. Also, can anyone show me how the rear of the quarter panel fixes to the subrail? I see pictures of a simple 90 degree tab fixed to the subrail? Is that it? One last and optimistic plea: I need a driver’s side firewall foot for a left hand drive car, and maybe given the state of them a pair of cowl sides. Happy for aftermarket, but would need someone willing to ship to the UK. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer. Afraid these cars are hard to find over here and currently feelings. Little like I’m underwater!! Jasper234 Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I do not have any photos of roadster body parts, but I am sure that someone here can help you out. Your post hit pretty early in the morning so this should get it back to the top.
You might want to post some high quality photos of what you are fighting with so that some of the 32 guys can post matching photos of how it should look or be done. Seeing what you are up against helps folks be able to tell you how to correct it.
Need pics of the sections you’re concerned with, have done a few duces and a bunch of A’s may have some pics that’ll help. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Here goes.... The A post/door pillar was basically pie cut box and layers of 12 gauge mild steel made into pillar. I’ve bought new brookville ones. I need to understand how these fit to the subrail and to the end of the dash/cowl. You can see that I’ve dollied the rear edge of the cowl side to give me some material to remake whatever I need and weld to it. Previously, it was folded around another piece of steel that was up inside the cowl panel: Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
The B post to the rear of the door is also pie cut box with pieces welded to it and filler added, so I’ve bought new brookville B posts and brackets for the bottom. I’d be really grateful for some pictures that should how and where this attached to the subrail at the bottom and also just some nice clear pictures of door posts, the door reveal so that i can see how the new section should look when fitted. It would also really help to know a distance from the front edge of the rear quarter (back edge of door gap) to the face of the B post (face that the striker for the lock fixes) as a guide: The moulding on the subrail/rocker: And the inside of the quarter and subrail. I have seen pictures that should an L shaped piece of steel welded to the subrail and to the inside of the rear wheel tub. Previous had added a long bent L shape pie cut in sections. It was low at the back and wide at the front, hence new subrails: Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Thank you to anyone who is willing to share experience and photos. I’m an amateur and have taken on more than I thought (don’t we all!!). Positives: there is no rot anywhere. Negatives: I am having to break every panel down, repair the edges and then figure out how they should have been...... Thanks Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Jasper, I have these pix that I got with an unassembled body. They are in no particular order, hope they help
That’s an enormous help. I’ve spent weeks trawling the internet and looking for books or data sheets that show the detail of how a 32 should go together, and despite it being such a well photographed and much built rod, there are very few places you can find this detail. So very grateful. If anyone else has pictures that show detail of how bodies and frames are assembled, I know that there are lots of us out there who would also be very grateful for your pictures. Maybe post them here? And maybe one day I’ll have a car that’s not so shabby I can’t put a picture here to show I didn’t make too much of a mess!!!! Thanks 2deuces64. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Some of the pics of those Brookville welds make me feel so much better about my 3w - especially the underside of the rear corners. I thought it might have just been mine! There must be some Brookville roadster bodies, or Henry's, on an unfinished state in the NW of England or perhaps wider afield that you could get a look at. You could ask on NSRA, VHRA or RnS? I sold mine a year or so ago otherwise you'd have been most welcome to inspect, and it had plenty of those ugly underside welds too! Chris
Hi Chris No one I know I’m afraid. I don’t know many people to be honest, but always grateful if someone wants to offer!! UK NSRA ain’t what it used to be either..... Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Oof, those wire welds by Brookville are ugly. They might be all jigged and square, but the welds holding it together sure are boogery. I guess Brookville can buy grinders just like us mere mortals can.
This thread has some photos which may help: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1932-ford-roadster-build-the-template-roadster.1091883/
I’ve been following matt’s thread. His chassis is amazing. Made me feel inadequate. But then saw the welds above and felt much better Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Hey Jasper- let me know if you want any more detailed shots from my build and I can add them here. Looks like you got a few good ones from the Brookville body... Matt
Hi Matt Thanks for the message. I’d be grateful for pictures that cover the tops of the quarters and around the back of the seat area and the panel above the deck. Interested to see how the panels are formed around the ‘cockpit’ and the wood tack strip and how the steelwork is formed below the strip itself? Is that possible? Have been following your build - your work’s amazing. Real inspiration. Thanks so much Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app