Thread: 27 Ford Roadster Questions

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Just trying to keep contact with the Forum. I have always liked the '27 roadster body but it is even smaller than the '29. If anyone reading this is considering adding doors and decklid function to the 'glass Speedway body my only constructive comment is that once you cut the deck lid and cut out a door or two there will be a need for reinforcement. I think a good 1/2" birch plywood panel behind the seat could help a lot to stabilise the area at the top of the lid, but on my Bebops '29 the quarter panels were really floppy until I locked the two side tubing bars together with a steel plate. My motivation was protection for the gas tank rumble seat but I was amazed how rigid the body became when I tied the quarter panels together. The '27 quarter panels are lower but I suspect that if you cut out that lid there will be a lot of wiggle sideways between the quarter panels so I attach a picture of the plate I bolted in.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder