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Hey Hey you guy's are going to get Dons head to swell you keep talking about TV shows...........LOL. Don if your going to get a blonde for the office, make sure there is only one chair (she will have to sit in your lap). I like the jig you came up with to square the body (had to be Dans idea) .....LOL How much for the DVD of this build?
BradC

John, you got the job as Mikey if you want it. Look at what TV has done for him.

Brad, yep, that platform was Dan's idea. I would take credit for it, but he reads these threads once in a while and would catch me in the lie.

Tonight he and I worked on the subframe and cowl section a little. We got the subframe all squared up and setup according to the specs off of Wescott Auto's website. They show a diagram of the exact spacing of the body mounting holes in the frame, so we were able to duplicate those dimensions and screw the subframe down to the platform.

If anyone ever tells you one of these bodies is easy to put together, they are wrong. Maybe for someone like Brookville with their jigs all set up to do them, but each piece has to mount to every other piece in exactly the right spot or it throws everything off. Another problem is that Brookvilles pieces are nice, but far from a perfect fit. Lots of fudging and prodding is needed to get them to mate up correctly.

One example is the cowl top cover. We fought with it for a while, trying to get it to mate with the cowl side pieces. Finally, we pulled the fuel tank from Dans '30 Tudor sitting in our loft and it dropped right in place. Brookvilles top panel was just enough out of spec to prevent it from seating properly. After we installed the old fuel tank stuff started to line up. We aren't sure yet if Dan is going to gut the stock tank and use it or modify the new piece to fit.

Here are some pictures of the front cowl starting to resemble a car. You will notice the top of the fuel tank is the old Ford piece. Assembling this body is a little bit of a challenge, but still fun and sure better than working with a rusty stocker.

Don

Keep up the good work!