need A: from bottom of body to bottom of rain gutter, at the rear of the door B: from between the body lines to the lower line around the quarter window if ya saw the pile of parts i'm workin' with, you'd know why THANKS! --dan
If nobody comes up with these for you, I will try to get to my '30 tomorrow and measure her. Not a primo car , but those points should be original.
thank you!! I'm slowly pitching together a Johnny Cash special... '31 coupe pieced together from no less than 5 cars.
That will keep you busy for a while...I'm just finishing up a similar Frankenstein coupe from 7 car bodies. You may already know but your quarters and doors look to be 28-29. Not sure if the dimensions you are seeking will be useful with the 30-31 top sections. Body lines are a tad different under the rear quarter window. Looking forward to your progress.
the quarters are from a '31 Cabriolet... same dimensions as coupe, though the upper body line fades rather than has that pretty transition (easy enough to change)... and there is a T molding rather than body line next to the deck lid. leaving that as it lines up with the T on the '30-31 roof. the doors are from a '30 fordor. 3/4" longer than coupe doors. i'm keeping their length and lengthening the roof. the window will need to be sectioned and raised; fordor windows come down closer to the body line than coupes. in the photo above, the driver's door is from a '29 Murray fordor, p***enger is from a '30 Briggs. the Briggs lines up nicely. i've got a driver's Briggs also. the cabriolet, fordor and coupe body lines all amazingly line up dead on. cabriolet quarters (note the upper body line just fades away): so... cowl from an early '31 firewall from a late '31 (indent) doors from a '30 Briggs roof from a '30-31 that looks like a tree fell on it quarters from a '31 Cabriolet i'll make the tulip panel, deck lid and panel below deck lid, form the reveal on the cabby quarters either going on an A style frame with fenders... or a '32 style frame. keep going back and forth with that. Henry steel fenders aren't easy to come by for reasonable prices around here. side note: i've got net $21 into this entire thing so far.
Got it. It was that T molding on the rear view of the quarters that threw me off. Your rough drawing shows the body lines all parallel to each other but actually, none of them are parallel. The dimension your asking for changes depending on where you measure it...so, here's a pic with some stuff I measured with a caliper to help you. I know it's probably overkill but it always helps to have an accurate reference. Good luck.
ahhh... hell, i never totally noticed the body lines weren't parallel. THANK YOU! this will help a lot...
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