Hot Rods new bodies

are the new bodies (i.e. brookville) bodies assembled with rivets or are they welded together?
thanks
rer_239

 

Welded together! But you can buy them un assembled in some cases.
KK

 

I could use one, I’ve worn mine out lol

 

Henry used rivets for a reason.

 

Does Brookville use mig or tig?

 

Production shops favor mig

 

Which bodies? Deuce or A?

 

Henry may have used rivets for a reason but frames weren't boxed back then either! Theres nothing wrong with a welded body.

 

Spot welded with resistance welding
I don’t remember rivets on floor pieces/braces
But most of the ones I worked on were disassembled

 

A bodies

 

When we assembled the first 32 roadster bodies at my shop we bolted the cowl top to the cowl sides and bolted the upper and lower deck lid panels to the 1/4s. spot welded the floor pan to the sub rails, spot welded the wheel well area
to the sub rails, welded the trunk braces and other braces to the body and sub rails. welded the cowl top to the sides in the front channel where it was factory welded. Put a lot of small welds in hidden areas to strengthen the body. We also did 1/4 panel braces with turn buckles and an X frame behind the seat to make the body more rigid. Since I've started buying factory assembled bodies I've noticed more welds and the floor pan is riveted to the sub rails like the factory. I've only had an A roadster pu body 15 yeara ago and can't remember how it was assembled?