Technical 1931 Ford Roadster Assembly-Brookville

putting together a 31 brookville body . heres how it goes .

its in there somewhere



they were nice and assembled the cowl for me




mmmm fresh metal



subframe on wood blocks and bolted down . floors pans screwed in ready for rivets



door 1 hung . gaps addressed .



a real nice fit



she needs love



mucho bettero



nice gap on the door to quarter as well .will need finesse once its solid



other door also hung



cars going together well







more progress as it come .

 

"Fantastic Flop" is back with more awesome metal work!! Thanks for all the detailed photos and keep up the metal artwork brother!

"......old school hot rods with soul, to be driven hard and put away dusty!" Todd A. Kindler
32 Spitfire
High Noon Speed Shop - Baltic , Ohio

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Man, you make that look easy.

 

........................You took the words right out of my mouth. Great work, Flop.

 

Thanks for showing more of your great work, always enjoy looking at your threads.

 

Looking good man, cant wait to come pick it up!

 

We put together one of these Brookville jig saw puzzles, a rpu body. It does take some head scratching at times.

Yours is coming along nicely.

Don

 

Is that the frame that the body is going to be used on? Nice work BTW.

 

Thanks everyone . Def not as easy as it looks in pictures .

No it is not the frame it will be used on . I build off of my frame which is 100 percent square and level .

 

what a pain finally got it and sitting proper .



Gaps are addressed later





Stanchion fit



Lots of detail work here .


They don't just fit



After

 

Quarter time



Properly shimmed body requires no downward force on the door keeping nice gaps up front .

 

Time to get things bolted in in the back .

 

Really want to do one of these puzzles in the near future for one of my spare chassis. So, Subscribed...

 

Very interesting.

 

Very nice and a cool old shop too.

 

Thanks guys !

Bracing in .

 

Looks like you got a great shop there and pumping out some cars, the detail work is the proof of a master car builder. Anyone can hack, tack and hide with Bondo, you are to be commended on your skill.

 

If you were to repair a wheel well in a quarter would you assemble it first or repair it separately? Great work by the way.

 

Is there a seam sealer in between the lower deck lid panel and the quarters? Or, just metal to metal bolted together?

 

Great work, flop. Thanks for showing all the little details that make so much difference.
Mart.

 

Great work, as always! Wish you had been in business when I struggled getting my original together years ago.

 

Thanks guys . No filler strip big deuce . Metal on metal .

 

Little tweaks to get things right



Details

 

Inside gaps





More tweaks to get things right



Give the wood some attention

 

You do beautiful work Flop. That's all I got to say. Bob................

 

Flop, You make it look so dam simple....and we all know it is not simple. Very nice as always.

 

Been following Instagram. Really nice work.

--louis

 

Thanks for posting all those photos, really helps to motivate people. Bob

 

How many man hours do you have in it at this point?
How many hours do you expect to complete it?

 

Thanks everyone .


Chopped stanchions




It drew the blood !


Didn't fit so we before



Had to put the reverse curves in and tighten up the gaps to the body