I could use some informed advice. I am starting a 1935 Chevy truck project. I intend to chop it 3 or 4", channel it maybe 2" over the original 1 ton frame. My question is about the wood support frame in the body. I have not dealt with such an extensive use of wood, some of which is pretty intricately shaped. What are the merits of replacing all of it, part of it or none of it with metal tubing? Thanks, all.
Do a search and you'll find that some are replacing with new wood and some with steel. I know a few companies that make the wood replacement kits for cars but I don't know if they make them for trucks. Here's a link to one of them. http://www.autowood.net I replace mine with steel. On some parts I used the old wood as a pattern to make the parts using sheet metal. On other parts I replaced it with 1" square tubing. There are some pictures in my album if you want to take a look. Hope that helps.
I used wood in the 'A' pillars to have something to build from and used square tubing for the rest. Got the wood from chevywood.com.
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