This is a 1937 Ford Woody Station Wagon that needed the door panels replaced, repairs to water damaged parts, and to be refinished. The trim over the back part of the rear fender had to be replaced from the finger joint back to the rear post. Both rear posts along with the aprons over the windows of the rear quarter panels, and tail gate needed replacement as well. The outside rails of the top were severly water damaged along with one side of the interior cove molding along the inside of the top, and were also replaced. Click on the picture to get a closer look.
On this side of the car the front stile of the rear door needed to be replaced. The original door panels had been replaced with mahogany panels, and the new owner wanted them to be maple, so those were remade. We probably should have replaced the old fart to the right of the car also, but we felt sorry for him.
Looking into the car you can see the coved molding along the inside of the top. The one on the right had had a mickey mouse repair job, and needed to have the whole piece replaced from the door post back to the rear.
In order to replace the rear part of the fender trim it was necessary to disassemble the entire car, which was the most difficult task of all as every screw, and bolt was inundated with rust. There was a lot of swearing involved in that operation, but eventually they all came loose.
After the car was disassembled, and repaired then came the stripping, bleaching, and varnishing. We sprayed on Petit Marine Varnish, and wet sanded between coats. A total of seven coats were applied after which it was color sanded starting with 1000 grit wet dry sand paper, and going up to 2000 grit then polished with rubbing compound. After it was rubbed out with the rubbing compound a swirl removing glaze was used to remove any rubbing marks, and then it was finished off with clear carnauba wax. This car was a warm up for the 34 Woody Project that is still under way. The 34 has been varnished, but needs to be color sanded, rubbed out, and reassembled. The metal body also still needs to be painted, but hopefully in the near future I will be able to post the finished project on this blog.
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