Ford P/U - Project

[James Y]

I am working on the tailgate now and could use some help.

I have the framework for the tailgate done but need some details or opinions on the wood attachment, Mike Kelly was kind enough to send some details and pics of an original one, I made mine with angle iron and was planning on holding the wood in with wood screws around the edges using countersunk #12 x 3/4" on approx 3" centre's I have not drilled the holes yet but you can see in the pics the centre punch marks for the holes.

Thoughts?

[James Y]

These are Mike Kelly's details.

[Mike K]

Hi

Nice work.

My drawings are provisional to some degree and I have taken a little poetic license with the drawings in order to fill in the gaps. It is over 70 years since these vehicles were built and only god knows what mods people have done over the years.

I suspect that the tailgate had a metal band around the outside because the tailgate would be rather flimsy without a band.

I will have a look , I might find some pics of Rory Ballards tailgate on his PU . Rory knows the ins and outs of these bodies like nobody else does.

This pic shows the band around the 15 cwt CS8 drop sides as an example

[Ron Pier]

Here is my original PU tailboard Jim. It has a flat metal band wrapped around the edge and welded at the top. The top and bottom screws are pretty random with centres roughly between 5"-7" The side screws are 2 per plank each end.
Ron

[James Y]

Tailgate starting to take shape, counter sunk the holes for the wood screws around the edges. Fit the outer hinges and checked the fit. All seems to be OK, I have a couple of holes to fill, overall looks good. I was going to use these "Antiluce plates" from the UK except I am not sure of the overall size, they were mentioned on another build thread, perhaps some reading this knows the overall size.

[super dave]

WOW that box is looking great

[James Y]

A little more progress, installed the support bars for the canvas top, need to cut the extra material off the ends of the bars.