Thread: Question about Brookeville roadster

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It isn't for the faint of heart. We bought a '30 roadster pickup body from Brookville unassembled. It is a much less complicated body than a '32 roadster, and we still had fits getting it together. Brookville has pretty foolproof jigs that they use, but we had to build ours on a simple platform we built from plywood. We aren't exactly new to this game, and aren't afraid of a challenge, but there were times we had to sit back and wonder if part A was really going to fit into part B.

Before the body came I made the comment to my Son we should consider buying these unassembled bodies, putting them together, and taking them to shows to sell. That is now the joke of the shop. He keeps saying to me "Hey, why don't we buy these unassembled and put them together to sell??? " We got ours together finally, and had to do it this way because we are channeling it and would have had to disassemble it pretty far anyway, but it was not a roll in the hay by any means.

Bob Parmenter on here posted these pictures of the jig a company near him has to assemble the roadster body. You can see how it would aid you in getting things lined up. I can tell you, once the cowl is straight, everything starts to fall in place, but getting to that point is the hard part.

If you want to read of our adventure, here is the thread:

http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...oadster+pickup

Don