A little light entertainment: 1939 Ford 1 ton Utility restoration

[jack neville]

The guards are also pretty poor but hopefully will come up ok once I repair the inner section which has badly rusted. The inner guard rivets to the side panel which made disassemble of that part easy. The top hat strips on the floor can all be salvaged and luckily all the special top hat Ford bolts were still in place.

[jack neville]

a few more

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You can see the same lead wiped corners as the cab

[jack neville]

At least now it takes up less room. The front panel is is good shape and will clean up well. I still haven't worked out how to reassemble this body yet. The timber criss members bolt directly through the chassis and are not attached with U bolts. Obviously the timber work on the upper sections has to be assembled before the sheet metal goes over it but the attaching of the cross members to the sides may have to be built on the chassis as I go. There was probably a jig these bodies were built on but not having one it would seem logical that my jig will be the chassis. Just make it up as I go along I suppose. It is a challenge that is something different from all steel bodies. Fortunately my son Jake is a builder and has access to plenty of KD hardwood scraps. Seen the price of hardwood in Australia??????