1919 Roadster “wooding” progress

[nathanw90]

Decided to make a post about my journey wooding, yes not re-wooding, my late father’s 1919 roadster. He had a customer wood setup and was very makeshift and not stable. Needless to say, it sure didn’t hold up after an almost serious accident. Coming up a road and a driver to my right inches out to block my lane and wait for the other lane to stop for him. He clearly didn’t look towards me at all. If I didn’t act fast enough, and turn left and spin around, I would’ve T-boned him.

Excellent time to make everything more correct on the car!

After about 6 months searching for plans, I ended up with a set of Mell Miller roadster plans. Came with instruction sheets too.

Picked up two 6/4 10’ by 6” white ash boards to start with. My neighbor has been a huge help with her woodshop. Ran them thru the jointer to make them nice and square.

So far we have the sills done.

Today we did the RF dash pillar. Was a bit tricky, but if this is as had as it gets, it’s really not too bad. Just gotta go slow and measure twice.

[nathanw90]

[JR Ewing]

I will be tuned into this, and I am sure it will be very helpful as I begin to make new wood for my '18 Roadster.

[John kuehn]

Glad you’re OK Nathan! We T drivers have to watch the newer cars because they go twice as fast and stop a whole lot better! Your T looks pretty good with the wooden PU bed. People would buy a wood PU box when they wanted to make their Roadster or cut off Touring into a PU. Looks like your Father did that or maybe bought it that way. That’s great Faimly history. It will be interesting watch you build your T back up. Good luck!

[Wayne Sheldon]

That is a nice and proper looking pickup box!
Are you going to bring it all the way back to a real runabout or back to as a pickup?
Just curious. Both are proper decisions.

[nathanw90]

Glad you’re OK Nathan! We T drivers have to watch the newer cars because they go twice as fast and stop a whole lot better! Your T looks pretty good with the wooden PU bed. People would buy a wood PU box when they wanted to make their Roadster or cut off Touring into a PU. Looks like your Father did that or maybe bought it that way. That’s great Faimly history. It will be interesting watch you build your T back up. Good luck!

The wood bed is an old original. We picked it up in NH decades ago. Very faintly you can see a painted on manufacture mark on the drivers front corner

[nathanw90]

That is a nice and proper looking pickup box!
Are you going to bring it all the way back to a real runabout or back to as a pickup?
Just curious. Both are proper decisions.

Since I do not have the sheet metal from the front cowl to the back, I plan to do the sills, front pillars and then make the seat area custom. I do have a metal seat pan that goes over the tank I’d like to incorporate this time.

This is how the truck was. Plan to do the same around the seat area.

[JR Ewing]

I would love to find an old wooden bed for my '18, or at least the old bed irons, but have not had any luck. How's the rewooding coming along?

[nathanw90]

I would love to find an old wooden bed for my '18, or at least the old bed irons, but have not had any luck. How's the rewooding coming along?

Only doing it on the weekends. So don’t have much done yet. Have several other things to work on with the car. Sand blasting all sorts of parts and refinishing. Also re-doing the wheels!