Wood shim to fill gap between Model A body and Duece frame?

Need some ideas on filling the gap between my '30 Ford Coupe body and my '32 Ford frame.

It looks like there are basically two ways.

Channel the body at the cowl or make wood shims.

I've seen the photos on how some people on here did it at the cowl, but I cant find anyone here that has made the wood shims. I'm leaning more towards the shims.

Thanks

 

Channeling the body is a better bet. The wood could always crack overtime and just become flimsy.

 

Here's one,
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257440

 

I wouldn't worry too much about using wood. Oak is used under the cab and bed on '40 pickups.

 

The old Bud Bryan 29 Highboy R&C project car used wood shims in the gap between the flat bottom A roadster body and the swayback Deuce frame.

 

Flatten the duce frame. It don't take much and it is easy to do.

Rex

 

Yep I followed that build too. That's how they used to do it. Of course today they'd probably use some huge computerized machine to do it. I don't think any were available in 1948. I was tickled to see that car at the LA roadster show many years ago now. That was one of the first period hotrod builds that I ever recall.