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He is driving here from NY to discuss. I told him I would only work on the car after he had seen in person and we had agreed in writing how I would be proceeding. The rear wheel well wood was also done wrong. I believe only the floor with main sills I’ll be able to leave as is. What is pretty amazing to me is the owner supplied the body book and it shows a decent enough of pictures to recreate the wood at least in a usable way. While it might not be exact without the actual wood for patterns, the pictures would get you lose. The roof of this car is not close at all. The work is good enough for a Hollywood prop but that’s about it.

If you noticed the side roof rails are made up of pieces nailed with blocks in between the roof bows. Roof bows are all uneven heights. The side roof rail pieces aren’t even flush with the height of the metal in some places while others they’re too high. The rear roof upper rail is not under the nailing ovals in the sheet metal so there is no wood to nail the roof in. The outer edge of the drivers side roof rail is not wide enough to support the nail line for the roof edge and the installer hammered in the steel to fill the space left at the front of the roof header. What are your thoughts on this work?

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I had speaking with a customer with a 31 caddy who mentioned he also had a 30 Nash. He wanted to send me the Caddy and told me the Nash was out in Ohio where the body wood was being replaced by a guy considered one of the best. The guy ended up finishing the wood work so the owner called ad said he wanted to send me the Nash first. We discussed that the car would be a driver restoration and the owner mentioned some specific issues the car had because of a previous owner’s decision to cut out the rear of the car but I told him I was willing to look at the car and attempt to get it back together. The car arrived this past weekend end and I got a better look at the car. While I knew of the metal work issues i was assured the wood was expertly replaced to the tune of thousands by “one of the best in the business “! After looking at the car i called the owner to discuss. Have a look at the pictures and post what you think.

I’m fortunate that I live close enough to RI Wiring to drive there. I’ve installed quite a few new harnesses these days and found their harnesses, diagrams, and use of OEM type connections to be the best of all the wiring harness companies.

I received an email a couple weeks ago that the Olds has been selected to be a participant in the Audrain Newport Concours and Motor Week the second weekend of October 2024. This is a pretty prestigious event and I’m honored my car was excepted to show. The event starts on Thursday and Goes through Sunday. The show and judging is held on the famous Breakers Mansion. Going to need to get the old girl all cleaned up and spit shined! https://www.audrainconcours.com

I have a complete set of wheel locks but they are promised to another 32 old owner.

Hello Conrad, here’s everything I’ve put together. I won’t have the rubber pedal closeout panel for at least a couple months to send you. Does everything you need appear to be in the pictures. The roll of material is the bowdrill cloth to cover the window seals.

I myself have been guilty of doing that exact thing in the past, putting the apostrophe in the wrong place. I’m sure if I went back and looked at all my posts I did it hundreds of times. I was impolitely corrected by someone for it too. Then I thought, did that apostrophe’s location make my posts information any less informative? Did it truly offend anyone? Would the proper location of that apostrophe have changed the content. I realized that it really didn’t matter as EVERYONE knew what was meant, but some simply find the need to correct others as petty as it might be. I do realize the person who impolitely corrected me had less class than a fourth grader and way less than me even though HIS grammar was correct on the apostrophe! We are a country of immigrants and many things get lost in translation but in most cases, no matter how poorly a language might be attempted, the right thing most do is interpret the effort to the correct meaning without pettiness. What concerns me way more, and should concern people here more than an apostrophes location is the so called “experts” or those lauded by others here as “experts” who give incorrect information. Then, even more of a concern is those same “experts “ who are unwilling to admit their errors or continue with those same incorrect statements. Where someone puts the apostrophe in relation to meaning an abbreviation of the complete year in the wrong place doesn’t phase me one bit because I know their intended meaning and I really don’t see the point wasting my time worrying about it, nor will I waste more of my time correcting them. I don’t sweat the little things nor “get off” on correcting others. I don’t believe most posting here are looking for a literary award but mainly looking to share something, whether it be a question or a statement. When I first started in this old car hobby I found out pretty quickly the very good all the way to the very bad in people. There are people willing to take the shirt from their own back to help you the there are others going to the nines trying to steal a car you’re trying to buy right out from under you. When I started posting on the forums I found little helpful knowledge so as I researched and did more to gain real world experience, I’d post information. I would often read PMs sent to me about how when people asked for help or posted a question, because of their lack of knowledge, they were ridiculed rather than helped and that my posts helped them learn. These “new” people are right because I’ve seen it way too often. I’ve made hundreds of posts and have done many long, detailed restoration threads to help others but I’ve backed way off these days because of these types of things. I realize that my above statements aren’t going to make me friends with some but I’ve never been one to not let my honor and beliefs lead me. This is a car forum and not an English class to the majority here. Sorry, I can’t waste my time correcting someone especially when I knew what they meant from the start.

Buying old tools can be as bad a habit as our cars! 😁

Don’t use oak. It’s too porous and susceptible to humidity changes. Use high quality ash. Much easier on the tooling too. GM and other wood body manufacturers used long finger joints to aid in making the long radius in many of the parts. I created my own cutter for duplicating these joints and the post about it is here on the AACA. If you look up my posts you will find it and other posts with wood parts made using the cutter.

My ‘32 DCR

That section is called the belt rail and it she fairly easy to make when you have the car to measure from. That piece is connected to the two deck rails that make up the sides of the rumble seat opening. It also gets the parcel tray and supports all attached to it. I would not use plywood but pieces of ash shaped and jointed together around the curved sections. The below pictures are of two ‘32 Oldsmobile convertible coupes I reframed and the belt rail along. With the parcel tray would be very similar on your Chrysler.