Norwegian Carpenter's 1937 woodie.

Got myself a cheap 1937 Fordoor as part of a trade.Allways liked the Station Wagons,but never seen one.The -37 was bad enough to be cut up.Brought it home in boxes,been apart for maybe 20 years.Someone must have made a rough street rod of it in the eighties.
So I bought me a three and a bandsaw,made me some moonshine and put my Tom Waits collection on random play.Checked arround on the internet and found Mr.Sawsall's blog.Read that one and other stuff I found before I went my workshop and cut the roof of the poor sedan.

 

Good luck with your project.
You should join the H.A.M.B. Woodie Owners social group.

 

You better go easy on that moonshine if you are going to turn that sedan into a woodie with that log...

 

Lots of work to get the rear fenders back to shape and make them fit a woodie lookalike.I dont have any experience with any woodworking and I'm just going to try this once,so I wanted to do it with just basic hand tools and my trusted finetuned bandsaw.

 

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for having no experiance it looks like you are doing fine so far , must be a natural , keep the photos coming

 

"Norwegian Woodie" wasn't that a Beatles song?

Looks rad already.

F

 

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Really, some of you Nordic dudes have some kind of craftsman genetic thing going on; it just comes natural to ya!

Looks like a great start.

 

Go, Geir!!! I'll be following you on this adventure!!

CB

 

I remember the rough old crusty 36 fordor you turned into that bitchin 3 window in your avatar,,I have no doubt that the 37 Woodie will be a fine addition to your garage.

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Never worked with wood before? Holy crap. That looks pretty professional to me.

 

awesome.. wish you were on my side of the world..

 

No wood working experience? Wood should be no prolem after that fine 3 window.

 

Amen to that. Love the coupe, can't wait to see more of the woodie.

 

He's in Norway, they built wooden boats, rowed across the Atlantic and back home, and gave a hand drawn map to Columbus, I don't see a Station Wagon as being a problem build. Bob

 

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very cool build. that 3 window is freakin sick man !

 

Oh Yea ... Subscribed ... this is gonna be good ..

 

so,how many trees you gonna save build'in that station wagon? subscribed....

 

Great job..what type of wood are you using. More pic's please and info...

 

What a great project.

Still have the same idea with my former 'english' 32 tudor sedan

Hennie

 

This should be good!!!

 

Are you going to follow the pattern for a stock '37 wagon, or do something subtly but noticeably different enough for the Coachbuilt early Fords thread?

 

If I could speak Norwegian, I'd love to have a beer with this guy!

Cool project!

 

I'm using ash.It was a barnfind,bought a stable of 3 and 4" thick boards for 250 usd.
I dont have any measurements or patterns from a real woodie,so this is kind of a coachbuild.Lowered the windshield 1 3/4" too.
The rear end of the body was finnished today.Put it together tomorrow and post some pics.
Thanks for all the comments!

 

This is Soo Cool Looks Great soo far

Klaz

 

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Thats because the weather is so bad, the only things we borther to do is: Drinking, Fucking and Wrench'ing.

I have 1 daughter, I've got my Drinking under control, and I own 4 cars, a truck and a Dirt bike. Do I need saying more.
Except for Nice work, keep posting!!!

 

Wow, crazy skills tight there!

 

I used the door locks and hinges from the sedan.Hammered some driprails.
Have to admit that I had some help with this project,but she slept most of the time.