Ok guys I was hoping you can give me some direction. I built a 32 Ford fibergl*** body car. It is time to attempt to do the interior. My problem is I need to install wood first to have something to attach an interior to. It has wood around the two quarter windows and the rear window but no where else. What did you use (type of wood). How did you attach it? What about the headliner? Any help would be greatly apperciated.
Try using "liquid nail" (Home Depot, Lowe's) on a s**** piece of fibergl*** and pine wood to see if that will hold the two together. Can you cut a piece of wood and form it to fit from point A to point B ?
What sort of framework supports your gl*** body? If there is only wood around the two quarter windows and the rear window how do you support your door hinges, latches etc? Gl*** bodies made by the Australian manufacturers are fully steeled out and have no wood at all. The steel frame is located so that you can attach your interior to the framework.
Model-A wood kits are made from oak ash and maple. I would only use a hardwood. Ash is probably the easyist to work with.
If you are trying to attach wood to a fibergl*** body I suggest using hardwood plywood (stay away from the MDF core) and laying up fibergl*** over the top of it. I would not use liquid nails...
Used 1" square steel tubing in my Panel Truck. Added a great deal of strength to the body. Those press in fasteners were used to secure the upholstery. We built the frame work, upholstery shop did the rest.
Thanks for the feedback guys. Here's a couple pictures of the car. The first is after I got the ch***is done with the body mounted back on before I did body work. The other two pictures is how it looks now. It's drivable just gotta do the interior
tinman, I dont think he built the actual body per say, I think he meant to say he built a fibergl***ed bodied car
safe to say if he had built his own fibergl*** body he wouldn't be asking how to attach interior wood.... use a hardwood and fibergl*** it in, not that complicated but can be messy, liquid nails is a pretty bad idea i would think
Hey Coupedup in Berea, Good looking 5 window. Who's fibergl*** body did you buy? Regarding the interior - Stay away from the liquid nails. Your best bet is fibergl*** bondo. Use it liberally, yes it's messy, but when it dries, it will hold forever. Just make sure the wood is where you want it before it dries. As far as the wood ... my body came with kiln dried poplar. It was around the rear quarters, rear window, and in the ceiling, but not much. I had to double up on everything and also put "bows" in the ceiling to help with a sagging area in the roof line of the body. The headliner actually gets tacked to the wood in the ceiling. I also put a package tray below the rear window. My body had 3/4" square tubing, and again, not much. I added to that as well. Many brackets for various things have been attached to that tubing. The interior door panels, kick panels, etc. will all be made out of 1/8" "Baltic" Birchwood plywood. Some people also use Luan, Masonite, or upholstery board. I've attached a few photographs to give you some ideas. Tripple G in New Philly
Thank You for the great pictures Tripple G. That's the kind of stuff I'm looking for. The body is from Blackies Rods in Newton Falls Ohio. I have a small amount of 1" tubing inside also. (maybe i need to add more to it) The wood that is in my car looks like it's held in place with some duragl***. Someone had told me to use liquid nails but I like the idea of the fibergl*** bondo. Thanks Again
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