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I can rebuild from this. You don't need the car to make doors. If they don't fit then the body needs work too. The problem with supplying wood pieces or kits is there are no patterns but for original wood in the body. I have concentrated on body engineering and studying techniques so I can design wood if required. As such I primarily re-wood bodies and could offer parts if I have the piece to copy or have the part already. On my Facebook page "Automotive Wood Bodies" I have pictures of wood in progress for a 1929 Chevrolet Cabriolet. This car I have very limited patterns for and a great deal will be engineered to fit the steel using "Fisher" style construction. I am also re-wooding a Durant and learning about "Budd" body building techniques. Cost unfortunately is high as this is custom work and demand is limited for any one body style. Do I need the car? Quick answer is yes if the wood is expected to fit the steel. Many people don't realise that as the wood and joints fail these bodies sag, bow, flex, droop and swell so that measurements from the body 80 years later may not reflect the new condition of the body. You need to know the design elements of these bodies to determine the body shape and rebuild to that. The wood for a low dollar car may easily cost as much time and material as a high dollar car so one should really want the car and hopefully they understood the investment required before purchasing. Having said all this I believe anyone can do it themselves if they are patient and are prepared to educate and equip themselves to do so

Barring sheet metal repair, to re-wood this body with sheet metal re-installed ready to paint would be $20000 to $25000. Any rust repair required would be extra and based on extent of work.

These wheels have been sold.

Hi. here are pictures of the radio unit I have that would go nicely with this control head. There is a head with it but it is missing the frequency dial and some innards. $150 plus shipping to whomever wants it.

Okay so I found same style hinge on Packard touring cars but the doors look different. Found some Auburn pictures but nothing definitive. Still looking.

I was hoping the hinge detail, handle and interior stitching design would be good telltales as to what it belongs to. Most pictures show the basic shape of the door but I haven't seen any detail photos of old touring cars to get a definitive idea. So far REO around 1915 is my best guess but that could be way off. Thanks for the input and hopefully somebody recognizes the detail.

The original top mouldings are two piece. A channel nails down and then a cover is hammered over it. The underside of the trim has a dovetail and the channel sides bend over to hold it. I can send some pictures to you of it. I have two Oshawa built 1929 Chevrolets and am slowly getting the wood done for and yes they are maple and maple actually works nicely. My woodwork can be seen on my Facebook page "Automotive Wood Bodies". regards

Found this old door and at first I thought it might be REO but found picture of Packards with same style hinge. Not sure about Packard as the pictures I found have outside handles and different style. Found Auburn pictures but nothing clear enough to be sure. Latest indications are Overland but that would need to be prior to 1914. If anyone has a better idea I would appreciate it. I do woodwork for cars and I want to rebuild this as a workshop wall hanger but it would be nice to know what it fits. Thanks in advance

Thanks, if this is the one that does not have the three vent holes like later ones then I would be interested in buying. Could you e-mail ma at automotivewoodbodies@gmail.com? regards

Could you show a picture of the top of the rocker cover? Does it have vents and condition, especially pin holes and rust through. Regards

These do not look to belong to 1929, 1930 or 1931. Maybe later years, I do not know.

Ads get buried quickly here. I have many parts that I will be adding to my facebook page "Antique and Vintage Car Parts". I put some on here but this is not a user friendly forum so I concentrate my efforts on my own page. You can view it without being a facebook member.

I have a complete radio that goes with this control head if anyone is interested. Will ship to Canada or lower 48 US states for total price of $195 US shipping included. Other locations may require extra for shipping cost. So if you want a radio buy this control head and get the main cabinet from me!

Agreed, the Cabriolet designation was used by many companies and did not necessarily mean a convertible. Chevrolet produced a Cabriolet in 1927 that was a coupe with a soft top but did not fold down. They came out with the Convertible Cabriolet for 1928 and 1929, skipped 1930 and had one again starting in 1931.

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I want $1800 US plus shipping cost to destination. Regards

I have an extra radio unit that goes with this head. Sell to whomever buys this if they need it. I don't need it.

I do not have any of these Auburn carbs at this time. As stated I have mostly pre 1931 Brass bowl carter carbs available. Regards

One complete original Philco radio for 1936 Ford. See pictures. All in great shape. Has all cables, speaker, mounting bolts and proper radio head. Has not been turned on so may need some tech attention. $600.00 US plus shipping cost.

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Has good lenses and rim. No cracks. bucket has rust and one small hole as pictured. $150 US plus shipping. I am also listing many items form an old collection on my facebook page "Antique and Vintage Car Parts". You can view this without joining facebook.

The belt line wood is exactly what is different from the Chev to the Pontiac at least for 1929. Both doors have metal front pillars that also differ and due to the different belt wood the rear latch pillar would be different. Also I have noticed on similar year GM products (Buick for one) differing sweeps from the belt line down resulting in different angles where the plane of the door meets the floor. Buick bodies are a little wider. If I had the door steel parts and a few measurements from the body I could recreate period correct wood for them. I can recreate all the wood but it is all one off custom work though patterns could be created for future use.

I have a 1929 Chevrolet Cabriolet and also have one 1929 Pontiac Cabriolet door and there are significant differences in the wood. I expect Oakland and other Gm cars to have differences due mostly to body sheet metal styling. Fisher used same engineering practices but had to deal with style variations across the different divisions. Probably standardized more in later years to save costs due to the depression taking hold.

I have one headlight and one lot of various cowl light parts for 1929 Pontiac. I have one aluminum windshield post for convertible coupe and one folding landau iron for the convertible.