NewOldWood

The door I need these for is on the right. The pictures I posted are from a left side door but in this case they are the same side to side.

Set of hinges resembling these, need to be about 2-1/2 inches tall. Need set for one door.

Moving on to the front doors. I am going to keep the styling as close to what Campbell did as I can. We wanted a wider door so the B pillar has been moved back, the fixed wing window was eliminated and decided on bear claw latches. The next two should go a little faster now that the engineering has been done. The passenger side gets a back door but not the drivers. That panel will have a roll up window though.

What would be involved in a restoration will depend on the present condition of the wood and what kind of finished product you have in mind. Assembly is pretty much self explanatory, every part will only fit in one place. Start with the larger more obvious pieces and through the process of elimination they will eventually all fall into place.

A whole new wood body on a Power Wagon chassis. Posted it over in the National Woodie Club section but thought maybe some outside the woodie world might be interested as well.

You know that Power Wagon over in the Woodie Club section? That's what this came from. You could still be right though because I'm pretty sure the regulators are not original and could have come from anything. I'm thinking i'll probably get some pinned cranks and either drill the regulator posts out or use set screws.

Anyone know what this might have been used on? I need a set of them or something similar. Screws on to a 3/8" square shaft. Can find lots of pinned handles but can't find any that screw on.

The roof is going to be similar to the Campbell piece but I wanted to dress up the inside corners a bit. A rather odd shaped piece, in cases like this I make a scrap wood pattern just to get the shape then copy it to get the finished piece. The rear corners were simpler, carved them out by hand.

Cantrell and Campbell bodies. Pretty easy to tell apart.

Thanks. Cantrell and Campbell were both coachbuilders. Not sure what else Cantrell built, but Campbell built a lot of bodies for Dodge (aside from Power Wagons), and quite a few for General Motors.

1950 Power Wagon, records show that Campbell built the original wood body for it. None of the original wood was on the truck when it came to me. The owner wants to use it so I am going to build a body that resembles the original but with a few changes to improve functionality. The door openings were made wider, and the shape of the door pillars was carried back to the rear corners. Originally the rear corner posts were angled in but the outside was a straight line. I like the look of this better.

While you're in there, maybe pull a bearing cap or two and have a look? That much gunk in the pan would make me curious.

If you're still looking for someone to make panels for you I might be able to help. I've done quite a bit of it.

The woodwork has been done for a while now. I started packing up the shop as soon as I finished, so the move has kept me pretty busy. Will be a while before the rest of the work is finished, but this is what it looked like when it left me.

And on to the doghouse.

Coming into the home stretch on the old girl, might be time for some pictures. I had to do some repair work to the doors too, but not as extensive as this.

The front half of the car is stripped down to the frame. The wood in the cowl needs to be replaced, the drivers side is particularly bad as the pictures show. This wood was not only intended to support the windshield bracket but also hold the latch for the suicide hinged door. The drivers floor is quite rotten as well. The passenger side has some rot too but not nearly as bad.

Peter McAvoy and Sons Commercial Auto Bodies, New Rochelle NY did the conversion.

On the other hand, a lot of wildlife nesting will get lost in the restoration too. It's been like this for quite a while, time to spruce it up a bit.

One of a kind 1934 Packard Super Eight converted at some time early in its life to a hunting car. It will be undergoing a total restoration, my contribution will be primarily woodwork. I'm only a few days into the disassembly so far and it will be a few more before I get to where I can start building anything. As restoration projects go this one is a pretty good starting point in terms of condition, but being that it was custom coachwork and built in place as opposed to an assembly line process like most others, the process will be slightly different. Should be an interesting project, i'll post pictures and updates as I go.

If you have clean bare samples to look at, Honduras (sometimes called "American" or "South American") and African mahoganies are not hard to tell apart. However, Ford did not use either. Beginning in 1940 when Ford started offering a darker panel option to Birch, the wood used was Gumwood, aka Red Gum, American Gum, etc.. and it was a domestic tree. The natural color was rather inconsistent so Ford stained the panels.

Thanks. The veneer is Sapele, sometimes called ribbon stripe. Ply is Baltic/Russian birch. I order the veneer from Certainly wood, the ply you may have to look for, comes in 5 foot square sheets. I make my own panels, flat ones like these are pretty simple.

It's Friday night and I've got nothing better to do than this.....I'm really getting old.

Not only that but those are not the same pictures or price that were in that ad when I posted the link. Cant find the Sarasota ad today either.

Here is a listing for what looks to be the same car on Hemmings. 3600 miles and same price, better picture though. https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/ford/sportsman/1809990.html The Craigslist ad only has one picture, and not a very good one. I also found an expired Hemmings ad for a 47 Sportsman with the same picture as this Craigslist ad, but from Sarasota Fl and for $217,500. Wonder whats' up with that. How ya doin' Jim, nice and warm??