Wednesday, April 13, 2011

A view of Progress

Today (4-13-11) I went to the Shady shop.  Major progress was evident!  The rear part of the body is now back on the wood structure so Dan can align the doors with the body, the sills under the doors, and the cowl ahead of the doors.  This is necessary to get all the door clearances even and the edges and surfaces aligned where the edges come together.  And the cowl structure is now mounted on the front section of the heavy wooden sills that support the entire body.  Here's a picture looking across the chassis in the foreground at the whole assembly:
 


And here's a picture looking in the rumble seat opening.  Here, Dan has fabricated both of the side upholstery panels and made the cardboard (white) pattern that will be used to make the rubber floor mat.


 
As I was looking at the top of the driver's side door, I noticed the file marks made nearly eighty years ago by some Detroit auto worker trying to make it through the depths of the depression...