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Art Ebeling
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- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1911 touring 14 runabout
- Location: Hillsboro IL
Top bow corners
What do you use to replace rotted top bow corners? I have seen a previous post about pcv strips from Lowes and the pieces Langs sell. Any advice or tips? Art
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Norman Kling
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Re: Top bow corners
I presume you are talking about the later cars with the curved irons and the straight wood in the center? This is what I did on both of my 26 T's. I opened carefully the tabs on the outside of the steel and then I took layer after layer of Oak Veneer in the channel. I got this oak from Home depot which comes in a strip with glue on one side. I heated the veneer with a hair drier until the glue stuck. When it was built up enough to fill the channel, I bent the tabs back in place. It holds tacks just fine.
Norm
Norm
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Rich Eagle
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Re: Top bow corners
These have some good discussion on those:
https://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/1 ... 1291318078
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/70 ... 1506560929
https://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/1 ... 1291318078
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/70 ... 1506560929
When did I do that?
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dinosbunny
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Re: Top bow corners
I recently mix saw dust with wood glue. worked great. you can get the saw dust at a farm supply store (tractor supply), try to use the finer shavings with a carpenters glue, mix it until it will hold together when you squeeze it then pack it in. Leave it a little high to sand if desired. and paint. Took me 2 hours for the whole car. I packed a little paper at the bottom so nothing falls through.