This first shot is of the front door of the 34 Ford Woody project that I have been working on for the past two years. As you can see we used some very figured, and beautiful Birdseye Maple wood for the door frames, rear quarter panel frames, and the tailgate frame. The plywood panels were purposely chosen to have a plain grain, so as to add some contrast to the birdseye.
We used Bass wood for the slats pictured here. Note the round plug on the side rail of the top. There is a T-Nut at the bottom of that hole to receive a bolt that attaches the wooden top to the metal frame of the wind sheild. The wooden plug not only fills the hole, but it also keeps the T-Nut from coming loose.
The outer side rails of the top are screwed to the interior coved side rails using stainless steel screws. Then the outer rails were shaped with a grinder, finished up with a hand plane, and hand sanded.
The only parts on the car that were actually glued were the curved frames around the fender wells, and the stiles for the front doors of the car.
Here is a close up of finger joints that were used in putting the curved frames together. There are also some finger joints on the front doors, and on the top.
This first shot is of the front door of the 34 Ford Woody project that I have been working on for the past two years. As you can see we used some very figured, and beautiful Birdseye Maple wood for the door frames, rear quarter panel frames, and the tailgate frame. The plywood panels were purposely chosen to have a plain grain, so as to add some contrast to the birdseye.
We used Bass wood for the slats pictured here. Note the round plug on the side rail of the top. There is a T-Nut at the bottom of that hole to receive a bolt that attaches the wooden top to the metal frame of the wind sheild. The wooden plug not only fills the hole, but it also keeps the T-Nut from coming loose.
The outer side rails of the top are screwed to the interior coved side rails using stainless steel screws. Then the outer rails were shaped with a grinder, finished up with a hand plane, and hand sanded.
The only parts on the car that were actually glued were the curved frames around the fender wells, and the stiles for the front doors of the car.
Here is a close up of finger joints that were used in putting the curved frames together. There are also some finger joints on the front doors, and on the top.
Looks like a very time consuming project, but will be well worth it in the end. Good Luck.
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