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24 roadster wood questions

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:51 am
by Karl Von Neumann
I have a 24 roadster can be seen here https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic. ... 50#p319179. I gathered up all the brackets and parts for the most part. I intend to fab a new wood structure to hold it all together does anyone happen to know the size of the main sub rails mainly height and with

Re: 24 roadster wood questions

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:45 pm
by Karl Von Neumann
Someone has to be working on a early 20s car that can give me some measurements

Re: 24 roadster wood questions

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:57 pm
by Humblej
Its complicated. Search for some older posts for rewooding a roadster. Rewooding a body without plans or decent original parts to copy is going to be almost impossible.
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Re: 24 roadster wood questions

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:40 pm
by John A Kelso
I have a set of the wood drawings for 15 to 22 Roadster for sale, don't know what the difference for 24 is.

Re: 24 roadster wood questions

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:58 am
by Plankhill
The main sill is 1 1/4" by 3 1/4". The trim is curved to fit the body. The sills are 76 1/2" long
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Re: 24 roadster wood questions

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:35 pm
by Mark Gregush
Not the sizes you need help with but might let you see what is involved. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 3468094629

Re: 24 roadster wood questions

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:51 pm
by Dan Hatch
You need a set of wood plans by Mel Miller or Leon Parker.
Someone needs to find out what happened to all of their plans, buy the rights and start reproducing them.