Technical 1929 Ford closed cab pickup top wood

Has anyone got plans or dimensions of the 1929 ford closed cab pickup top wood.
I would buy a kit but will cost $1200 australian to get it. I can make myself from aussie hardwood.

Thanks

Steve

 

Can anyone supply sizes of the top wood components such as ribs, side pieces,rear piece and header?

 

I can take some dimensions and photos of mine, original, what exists in your case?

 

Here is mine, pretty much fresh from a barn

 

I have no wood at all. I have photos from the webb but no idea of width by height by length of any of the pieces.

Your pickup looks great. I would drive it just like that ☺

 

It's pretty much original and has a tin top, but I think the wood is authentic. The Visor is a later style.
It has to get a little warmer to melt the snow, so I can get the shed door open, but you can pm me, I can make a sketch and get some basic dimensions. I also have some restoration books. This pic is off the HAMB, I wish I had that book.

 

Basic dimensions would be great. Thanks

 

Snow melted enough to kick open the shed door.
I took pictures and measurements and made sketches.
I think it best if you PM me for the details

Have fun!

 

in the book "model A ford mechanics handbook vol.2 by les andrews" there are detailed photos of each part of most body styles, including yours. not patterns, but lots of photos, and the hardware list and installation guide. might be money well spent

 

first pic is what it's supposed to look like. i knocked mine out in 1/2 day, painted it the next. no it's not correct, but this is a HotRod site isn't it?

 

Cant work out how to PM on this forum?

Any clues.

 

Steve, save yourself a lot of time and build a full steel roof.
Make the back end panel from heavy 1.6/2mm material and drop the arc as it looks too high in a hot rod.
Use lighter sheet metal to form the edges and a shrinker stretcher to curve them to follow the door tops and similar for the front.
The center hole left, can be filled with the sheet metal cut out from a last model Ford Cortina roof in your country and turned sideways.
The curvature is a perfect fit.

An all steel roof will make the structure of your cab a lot stronger.

Or else if you are feeling lucky, some guys in Castlemaine Victoria make a full steel roof to fit straight onto a pickup cab all in one piece I am told and you will probably have change out that $1200 from the wood kit.

Let us know how things work out.

 

to send a pm, click on the persons name, then chose "start a conversation

 

Steve, check your PM's Christmas could be coming early for you this year.
Russ.

 

Big thanks to Russ, aka ''fiftyv8'' for sourcing an unused Snyder top wood kit from his mate Joe from Western Australia. Made my job a lot easier

Thanks to all the other members who replied to this forum for all your info. I will be using the photos and sketches to put the roof kit together

Steve
South Australia.