Thread: What is your favorite body manufacturer?

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What about roadsters?I'm going to start one this summer...Rod Bods or Brookville.......We have put interiors in both and have had no problems working on them.Got the itch for a rod and decided it has to be a 32 roadster,I always wanted one.

This is by far my favorite 32 body...beat yah to it Bob!

Originally Posted by RECOVERY ROOM

What about roadsters?I'm going to start one this summer...Rod Bods or Brookville.......We have put interiors in both and have had no problems working on them.Got the itch for a rod and decided it has to be a 32 roadster,I always wanted one.

Brookville is an actual replica where Rod Bods (are they still in business) have many deviations for hot rodding, Both are good starts.

By the way Steve, your '32s - I prefer all shades of pink rather then multi toned bodies

Originally Posted by IC2

Brookville is an actual replica where Rod Bods (are they still in business) have many deviations for hot rodding, Both are good starts.

By the way Steve, your '32s - I prefer all shades of pink rather then multi toned bodies

Streamline in Denver bought the Rod Bod tooling in the last year or two and now call it the Denver Deuce, operating under a subsidiary called Deuce America Corp. I haven't seen one of their bods up close, but if they didn't improve the tooling/assembly procedure quite a bit I'd go for the Brookville.

Stevie, you make a fine protege'.

My roadster body is a Rodbods, One of the very 1st. The picture of the car was hanging in their office in Sparks. The Rodbod IMO has a better inner structure than Brookville. 10 years of road time & body still looks great.
Yea- they took a few liberties w/ the cowl, firewall & doors but if I wanted correct- I'd look for Henry steel.

On a 3 window- I'd like to have to have the real deal but the price of a great body would run me off. I have a friend in Arizona who found a 3w project a few years ago. Paid 50k for it. But it's real & in the end, will be worth a great deal more.

Originally Posted by RECOVERY ROOM

What about roadsters?I'm going to start one this summer...Rod Bods or Brookville.......We have put interiors in both and have had no problems working on them.Got the itch for a rod and decided it has to be a 32 roadster,I always wanted one.

When choosing between Brookville and Rod Bods ... Brookville comes the closest to Henry's roadster ... IMHO

Reproduction roadster bodies are a LOT like the reproduction 3W bodies.
The same answers for the 3W body apply to the 3W bodies. I believe that the Wescott roadster body is the most accurate ... looks wise when choosing a 32 roadster. When painted and properly done ... I have a very difficult time telling a Wescott roadster from my original Henry Roadster

IF ... I was going to build a reproduction 32 roadster ... I would go with Wescott. With the roadster being a open car and subject to getting WET inside and out ... I would go with the Wescott ... because a Brookville or RodsBods are still a reproduction ... and not as close to LOOKING like a real deal 32 Ford roadster and the Wescott does ... IMHO