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New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by pron022020 » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:58 pm

Does anybody know where I can get a new trunk floor for a 27 coupe? Mine is rusted out from the hump back.


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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by Kevin Pharis » Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:22 pm

If it’s not in the catalogs... you may need to do it yourself. I had to make one for my late 27 roadster as the trunk floor is different than the 26 early 27 that is available (I believe is produced by Howells). A hot rod shop with a Pullmax forming machine can easily produce what you need (I used a Pullmax to make this one)
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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by John kuehn » Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:09 pm

Howells sheet metal has the 26-27 Coupe trunk floor. https://www.fordor.com/category.cfm?sta ... sort=title

If you can get them to answer their phone it will take you a while to get your order.
They also sell on EBay. If it’s on Ebay you might get it faster.


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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by ModelTWoods » Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:26 pm

John kuehn wrote:
Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:09 pm
Howells sheet metal has the 26-27 Coupe trunk floor. https://www.fordor.com/category.cfm?sta ... sort=title
But as Kevin Pharis stated above on this original post, Ford apparently redesigned the coupe trunk floor during the 1927 model run, so early and late 27 coupe floors are slightly different. The one Howell's makes is the 26-early 27 floor. I, personally know because I came up against this when restoring my Grandfather's late 27 coupe. The car's original metal floor was very badly dented from heavy objects being dropped on it and had some rust; not near as bad as the severity of the dents. I bought the floor that Howells makes and took it to my paint and body man. we were amazed that they were different; not terribly, but still different. I chose to have my body man modify the new floor pan and use it. The original came out in one piece, so on a trip to Chickasha, where I knew I would see Howell, it took the floor pan and we compared it to the one that he makes and had at the show. I gave him my original floor so that if he ever wanted to reproduce it, he would have an original for a pattern.


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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by ModelTWoods » Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:32 pm

ModelTWoods wrote:
Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:26 pm
John kuehn wrote:
Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:09 pm
Howells sheet metal has the 26-27 Coupe trunk floor. https://www.fordor.com/category.cfm?sta ... sort=title
But as Kevin Pharis stated above on this original post, Ford apparently redesigned the roadster trunk floor during the 1927 model run, so early and late 27 roadster floors are slightly different. The one Howell's makes is the 26-early 27 floor. Ford, apparently redesigned the late 27 coupe trunk floor, also. I, personally know because I came up against this when restoring my Grandfather's late 27 coupe. The car's original metal floor was very badly dented from heavy objects being dropped on it and had some rust; not near as bad as the severity of the dents. I bought the floor that Howells makes and took it to my paint and body man. We were amazed that they were different; not terribly, but still different. I chose to have my body man modify the new floor pan and use it. The original came out in one piece, so on a trip to Chickasha, where I knew I would see Howell, it took the floor pan and we compared it to the one that he makes and had at the show. I gave him my original floor so that if he ever wanted to reproduce it, he would have an original for a pattern.

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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by AndyClary » Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:28 pm

Even if you could buy one Kevin would make one just to show off:)

Andy


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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by Kevin Pharis » Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:51 pm

AndyClary wrote:
Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:28 pm
Even if you could buy one Kevin would make one just to show off:)

Andy

I just might...!😉

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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by perry kete » Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:14 am

I made this one for a '22 Coupe with just a bead roller and small metal bender. The original had an "X" pattern in the beads but I just ran the length.
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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by pron022020 » Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:44 am

Well my car was made in March, maybe even later, so I guess it constitutes as a late model. Here are some bad pictures of the floor and the trunk area. Not sure what to do. It looks like it is one piece that goes under the sheet metal square next to the battery compartment and riveted down under it. I cut the old pan out.
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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by TXGOAT2 » Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:06 am

I think many of the trunk floors got dented from people dropping blocks of ice into the trunk. Ice for the icebox, of course.

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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by Rich Eagle » Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:45 pm

Nice work on the new panel Perry. I was lucky enough to save mine for as bad as the other metal was. I show it here for contrast and the X pattern. Those panels are often the worst.
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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by perry kete » Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:45 pm

Thanks for showing the original "X" pattern in the floor pan. My bead roller didn't have a deep enough set back to put the metal in without hitting the corner of the tin before reaching the center. I contacted a local race car builder who had a big roller set up but he wanted $300 to roll the beads even if I supplied the tin and assisted him in the rolling process. The filler that shows in that photo was to cover the indents where the support braces are attached to the pan before I painted it.
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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by Rich Eagle » Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:54 pm

I think what you did works great. That is something that isn't seen much. I had a roller but never learned to use it. I know they have their limitations.
Kevin's panel is very nice too. These are the type of things that good to see on the forum.
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Re: New trunk floor for coupe?

Post by pron022020 » Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:53 am

Well I have decided on making my own panel. I will have to get a good 4x3 or 4x4 piece of 18 gauge steel to do this, there is a place in town I will check with this week. I still have to figure out where to take it to have the ribs put in and what to do with the hump.

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