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FrodeJohansen

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Hi.

 

I am looking for information and pictores of the original runningboards for the 1931 Pontiac Six.

 

I am assisting my dad with the restoration of one, and the runningboards are missing.

 

Are the runningboards all sheetmetal, or are they made of Wood with a sheetmetal edge trim?

 

If anyone can help me with high resolution pictures of both the front fenders and the runningboards, it would be most appreciated.

 

 

Frode Johansen

Norway

 

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blandoll@Hotmailcom. can probably help you.  Looking in my parts book 31 is a different number than 30 but the price is exactly the same so I presume the style is the same just the shape of the molding is different. Mine (1930) is wood covered with rubber and has a metal molding on three sides. 1931 only has the molding on the outside. My molding is a heavy piece of metal with a thin shiny overlay.  I found his company name it is L & L Antique Auto Trim. He had many illustrations of the mouldings that he had in stock.  http://www.runningboardmetaltrim.com/aboutus.html  His catalogue shows exactly what my moulding is like so I presume his illustration of 1931 is correct.

I have a 6x9 98 page book called "PONTIAC SIX Repair Parts List 1930"  Sixth Edition.  It shows my running board mat to be exactly like the one he illustrates for 1931 except  mine only shows "PONTIAC" not "PONTIAC - 6".

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I have three 1930 Pontiacs and three 1931 Pontiacs so I may be of some help.  The 1931 Pontiacs had a stamped steel running board (no wood) with the rubber mat vulcanized directly to the steel and an aluminum molding that covered only the outer edge.  L & A Antique Auto Trim does have an excellent reproduction extrusion for the aluminum molding.  And the pic shown at runningboardmat.com with the PONTIAC - 6 is very close to the original vulcanized mat.

 

Of the three 1930 Pontiacs I have, only one had a small section of the rubber mat still intact.  True, the 1930's were wooden runningboards with an aluminum molding that wrapped around three sides of the wood-between fenders and outside edge.  The rubber mat on the 1930 had an image of the double Pontiac coin similar to the 1926-1928 radiator badge and the PONTIAC letters all within a 'boxed' area.  I have never seen the 1930 mat reproduced. 

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Thank you for great info.

 

We have finished the wood refurbishment, and have just started the metalworking.

When we got the car, the runningboards were wood, and about 3 inches longer than stock. The fenders were also heavily rusted, so we have had to replace the edges and 3 inches into the fender on both sides. 

Just about everything from the sparewheelwell and back to the runningboards was missing. So it has also been recreated.

 

I will make an inquiry to L&L and the rubbercompany for the edge trim and rubber mat.

 

Thanks again for the help

 

Frode Johansen

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Guest mark_gasser@hotmail.com

frode johanson, I wondered where you got the wood for your 1931 Pontiac? ive seen some sites but the cost is prohibitive to me. any info you have on this would be helpful. thanks.

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