This is John's 31 Ford deluxe delivery. This was the day I stripped it and sent it out for sand blasting.
This body is a wood inner structure that is skinned in sheet metal.
The plan is to remove all the wood and replace it with a steel sub-frame that Susi and I will fabricate here in the shop.
This is the assembled chassis we will be using under the delivery.
Today I started the process of assembling the body on the chassis. This isn't going to be a fast process for sure. All inner structure for the body was made of wood. We will be systematically be replacing each piece of wood with steel. The cowl is located by stock bolt holes. The rest will be determined as we go.
I started by using a set of reproduction 2 door sedan sub-rails from Howell's. With a little trimming and finessing I was able to get a nice connection with the cowl. Now I have a steel lower side rail to start attaching the body panels to.
I hung the doors and pulled the cowl forward to level the doors with the sub-rails and get proper gaps in the threshold. Now I have a solid reference point to build from.
The rails look great and fit very well. We will make some cross braces and get the rear rails bolted down and start fitting the rear quarters. This is going to be fun for sure.
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