Trying to square up the cab, doors, roof, etc on my truck project. I have nothing to reference,the cab was all apart when I got it. I bought a roof wood kit. Pics would be great if anyone has some!!? - how does the top of the door line up with the roof wood line? Are they perfectly parallel? How large is the gap? - what does the drip rail look like? Does everyone typically use it or remove it? Do you use a hidum around it instead? I want to use hartz cloth type material on it. Never done a truck this year, so it's tough trying to figure out what you need or how it goes, especially when I got it in pieces and didn't take any of it apart! Thanks for any help or advice you can offer! -Gary Here's a couple pics... Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
I made my own wood but I think its normal to have a 1/4" to 3/8" gap at the door tops. Just get your belt line even and doors closing easy and it should be good. I used the aluminum drip rail but I have seen the hidem strip used all the way around and looked ok.
those wood kits suck,, use your own efforts, just cut grind, make it look good to the eye,, you gotta great looking truck. BTW, there are several really informative Model A restoration books available.. look on google for: Restoring the Model A..
Yea TK it is a super nice door! Thx for selling it to me lol!! I ended up finding a really nice drivers door too! I can line it all up what ever works best, but the door gap at the top, front to back has an angle, I think it should be parallel? So right now I either have to raise the cowl up or lower the roof wood down. Thx guys Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
I have a 29 closed cab fresh from the barn. the top and edges around the doors were massaged on the farm it came from, and a 'tin top' was installed, but the wood and drip parts are intact. I can provide photos of whatever you want if original is what you are seeking. The Model A Restorer's Guides provide complete documentation of how this all went together from the factory. I will be changing mine to a removable top cover so its normal configuration has the top bows open to the sky, yet converts to a closed top to retain the stock appearance. if you have specific photo requests, I can provide. my local transportation museum (Forney Transportation museum in Denver) has a couple good specimens that have provided good historical details for my project
Go to Fordbarn, search there. When I did mine I found a couple articles that had links to 100s of detail pics of exactly what you are asking for. Made it easy when I did my roof. Also abarnyard.com. I left off the drip rail on mine. The factory original was somewhat crude by today's standards, nails in the sheet metal etc. Try this link, many photos of roof details www.abarnyard.com/temp/82-a/ just start clicking on pictures, super helpful on many parts of your cab, especially the roof.
Thanks guys! That link to the pics is exactly what I was looking for!!! -Gary Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
If the link the Badshifter posted doesn't answer you question, nobody can. Thanks Badshifter as I'll save that for my pickup project.
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