They are welded to the subrails ... On my 3W ... I did away with the original style wooden floor and have metal ... which bolts to the modified portion of the lower firewall
NOT my 3W ( it is a friends ) Here is the two cross floor braces being installed. Some new wood also. IMHO, yours was WAY more complete that this 3W ... and look how nice it is coming together FWI ... A 5W rear floor can be made to fit the 3W ... but the 3W floor has a dropped area for the passengers feet ( who are in the rumble seat ). A 4 bar rear will not clear the original 3W floor without a good bit of modification but a 5W floor will.
I bought a set of Brookville subrails to fix mine. I also was scared of the price and looked at other options but after I pulled them out of the box I knew I did the right thing! They are very very nice!! and the way they come preassembled makes it painless to fit it all together. Trust me it is money well spent! P.S. Alliance members get 10% off Brookeville parts!!! If you need I have a big collection of interior pictures from several 32 3 windows.
The bad news is, you got some work to do: the good news is you got some work to do, and some thing worth working on. congratulations. what you waitin' on ,get started you lucky dog. Waldo
Stop asking what he paid, just know whatever he paid was a better deal than most of us got on our late 50's early 60's styled 32 3 windows parked for some 40 years. If the kid wanted everyone to know don't you think he would have told us.
I didn't want to stick my nose into the chop versus don't chop debate but this might inspire you to leave that vigrin roof alone and the fenders right where they belong... http://jerseygaspumps.tripod.com/1932ardun.html ... lucky guy!
Guys... Thanks for all the pics...thay have been a huge help!!! Thanks for all the encouragement and advice as well...it has meant alot. In fact, they are influencing what I am planning for the car... I really want a chopped highboy. Like most of you, I have been looking for a starting point for a long time. After alot of thinking and going over everything that is here, this may not be the car for that...as rough as it it, it is a complete 32. I ordered rockers, quarter pieces and door bottoms today. I will order the Brookville subrails next week. My plan is to carefully blast the bottom of the body, make the needed repairs and replace the floor. I am going to blend the repairs into what is left of the paint. The rear fenders are usable, front fenders and running boards are shot so I'll probabaly have to buy repro's. I am going to put her back together and drive the piss out of her. Sure it'll be rough, but that way I can enjoy the car for awhile and really get a feel for the direction I decide to take it. Although this isn't the style of deuce that I ultimately want, it is a true survivor of the 50's. The motor is free, tranny seems okay, and it has juice brakes...and the fenders even cover the pitting in the frame. Why fight it? As of right now, keeping it the way it is just "feels right"...
Your plan sounds like the right decision for this car. Get it back on the road in its past form. Enjoy it. You can always change it later, or find a body that has already been chopped to use for your fenderless highboy.
That plan just sounds "right". I do hope you drive that thing, ill be looking for it around the tri-cities! As others have said, give the old man a ride when its roadworthy again... bet it would make his day!
While it may "feel right".....it doesn't sound exactly what you truely want....and when yer working on something like that, a guy tends to get burnt out on it and loses motavation and interest....... Good luck with her.....
Yep....Sinisters right.... Im sitting on a chopped 5w right now....its got all kinds of screwy repair, which I dont mind and can be fixed....but its wacked 3" Not my bag....I dig un-chopped, channeled....Ive tried to get my head around a chopped car but its not me.... Lets Trade....I give you my 5w, a 354 chrysler,.... and a HUGE piece of cake....or a West coast chopper....
Well let's see if there's metaphor that fits........ "you hit the ball out of the park"....... ah........"you scored the winning touchdown"...... ah....... nope...... you scored the prettiest car ever built. But then I'm kinda biased...... Why are you looking for repop rails? Won't the originals co-operate?
Heavy pitting on the frame under the drivers door, bottom edge in this area very thin...debating on repair or replace... Still collecting parts!!!! sam
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