Hi, as the title says: how is the quality and important the dimensions (like an original body!) of a Brookfeild model A body? I never heard about that before and could not find a homepage on the www. I know it's not the real thing but there is a nice traditional rod with flatty, T5 and so on for sale... thanks HAMB'ers!
I think you mean Brookville Roadster in Ohio. Their bodies are the best steel bodies on the market. As with any part they need a little work to be ready for paint.
They are very nice, I got a tour of the whole place when I went to pick my A roadster body up. I am very pleased with everything they do.
I dont think you can go wrong with Brookville body..Ford isnt making them any longer, so if you dont have a good enough body that Ford made laying around ,,its the next best thing I wish they would do the sedan, or at least the rear sedan fenders
Brookville bodies are the closest to original you will find. Great product. I bought my 30/31 cab & bed from them. In my album if you want to look. Just don't get a frame from them...they look nothing like an original.
thank you all: I have a 32 BROOKVILLE roadster and it is nice. BUT: the add says, that it's a Brookfeild??? here's the add: Registered as a 31 this car boasts a 32 Brookfeild frame, 31 brookfeild steel body and 32 clip
They are so accurate that the company entered a "restored" '29 roadster in the Model A club Of America regional and won best in class. THEN they confessed that it was mostly new Brookville parts! Even fooled the experts. BTW it's www.brookvilleroadster.com BrookVILLE
Buddy of mine just bought a roadster. It is so stinkin' nice. I couldn't imagine anything being closer to original steel than Brookville.
Took the words right out of what I was about to post. Almost through with a '31 hiboy on '32 rails, all from Brookville, including the front and rear suspension and axles, etc. There WILL be some bodywork needed, as these are after all, as stamped. You would be amazed if you cou;d tour a new car assembly plant and see the stuff that needs "massaging"before paint. I know cause I once worked at Fisher Body/GM in Atlanta and eventually accumulated enough seniority to get one of those metal finishing jobs. The frame comes unpainted and needing very little work before paint. The body comes in red oxide lacquer primer inside And out. It MUST BE REMOVED before painting and Brookville agrees. The metal is not properly degreased or etched before priming as the primer is only meant to protect from rust during shipment. Mine I had lightly blasted at low pressure inside & out & underneath. A skilled operator can do it without warping cause the red oxide is easy to knock off. Then they sprayed inside and outside plus underneath while on rotisserie with DP90 epoxy primer, then inside and underneath with single stage Concept urethane. Then we went to work fine tuning the metal finish. BTW, you can apply plastic filler (if needed) over DP90. Dave
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