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I am getting ready to start on the wood portion of my 1932 roadsters. Between the two cars I have 95 percent of the wood pieces I need. My question is, should I build the wood up on the car frames or should I make a rolling jig to assemble the wood portion of the car? Any recommendations.
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You can do it either way, but because of the running board brackets being in the way and hitting your legs and etc. you might prefer a jig instead. On my car, I set up all of the main sills and cross members on the frame so that the body holes would line up and etc. After the glue was dried, I transfered the body sill assembly to a jig on wheels and then built the rest of the body from there. That way I had free access to all aspects of the body wood without any interference from the frame or the running board brackets. That method worked great!   
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I think this would be the best way also. I was concerned about the frame alignment, your method would take care of that. Did you then attach the completed wood to the frame and then assemble the sheet metal or a combination of the two?
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That makes sense, thanks for sharing your experience with me.
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I hope you don't mind all the questions. Some of the wood looks as though it was painted black. Did they preserve the wood with something? These are roadsters so I guess water would be a problem. Most of the wood shows no signs of varnish or anything, I think it is because it is so weathered.
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A chromate wood preservative was used. Today people paint the wood which helps to prevent deterioration but is not 100% correct.
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What would be the best choice for preseving the wood without getting the EPA involved.
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On my 32 Chev Pickup, I find evidence of a light gray paint on the wood and inside of the sheetmetal. Was that done before assembly? I assume it was different from the roadster because it is not a Fisher Body. Know that there are those of us out here eating up this info THANKS!
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