Early Ford V-8 Club Forum

FORUM RULES: Users agree to these Rules when using Forum.

The site administrator reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of the user agreement without prior notice to the user. It is the responsibility of the user to regularly review the terms of this agreement.

The user agrees to the following terms:

All information that you provide to us for your membership is correct.
You will not use your membership to spam, harrass, or exploit other members in any way.
Vulgar, Abusive, Racist and Sexist Language will not be tolerated.
Commercial-type sales postings will not be allowed.
No mass posting or flooding of the boards is allowed.
No Advertising of parts or cars; no Ebay or business/commercial ads (please use the "Classified" for ads Wanted or For Sale).
VIEWING MULTIPLE TOPICS ON SCREEN: You can choose to see more than 10 Topics at a time ... Log In and choose "Preferences" from the top bar on the Forum page. Scroll down and Change the "Default Topics Returned" parameter to 25 or 50, and save the changes. Since this setting is stored in your browser 'cookies' (if enabled), it seems to use that stored value even if you are not logged in. So, if you use a PC that you haven't logged into the forum from, the setting still seem to remain at the default.
EXTERNAL PHOTO LINKS ON FORUM: You can still use external photo links in your posts on the new forum. They follow the rules of any link in that they have to have the URL link qualified down to the full image file name (example: .jpg). The links will open in a new browser window, the same as an uploaded image attached to a post. Since an image attachment to any post does not display inline with the post, the results are the same. You can use multiple external links within a post. This link is from photos on a site from Don Clink's 'Deuce@75' albums:

http://donclink.com/deuce_75_1/images/dscn2950.jpg

Using links from photo sites such as Photobucket can help in "size" issue with uploaded attachment files. For best viewing in web browsers, photos should be around the 800x600 pixel range, and probably not more than 1024x768. Most cameras today store HUGE jpg image files, as the default settings are in the 7, 8, 10, and 12Mb image sizes. The image files that are then attached are very large, and the browser can't display the full image size without using the scroll bars. Use the re-sizing functions of your photo editing software to reduce the image to 800x600, which reduces the file sixe and the image load time in the browser. Don uses Google's free Picassa3 software, which is an excellent photo management product. All of the photo albums of the Deuce, Grand National, and Auburn that are links on the NORG site were built using Picassa's web creation functions. And it's free? (THANKS to Don Clink for the info!)
HOW DO I SHOW MY EMAIL ADDRESS ALONG WITH MY USERNAME? You can LogIn on the Forum, and select PREFERENCES. On this page Members can add optional information such as their City,State, Country; Occupation; Hobbies: list a Homepage; list AOL Instant Messanger Handle; Signature; "Make Email Address viewable to others;" and even change the number of Default Topics shown on a page. WHEN others click on your profile, they will see this information.

EFV-8 Club Forum / General Ford Discussion / 1950 Ford Woodie Pland

Reply to Discussion | New Discussion

<< previous || next >>

Posted By

Discussion Topic: 1950 Ford Woodie Pland

deuce_roadster

08-23-2012 @ 9:18 PM

reply profile send p.m.

Member
Posts: 284
Joined: Oct 2009

The people making wood for woodies use jigs which they use to cut all the parts, use routers with etc. Nobody is working from any blueprint like plan they could send you a copy of. It takes years of trial and error making jigs from original parts and fitting pieces to a car and refining the jigs to come up with something that is reproducable and will fit.
I am in the varnishing stage of a complete 40 woodie restoration and am familiar with the process.
Last time I talked with Rick Mack I think the price for a complete kit was closer to 14k then 10. There are compound curves in the plywood parts for the 49-51 cars which are not trivial to make.
Good advice from others to join the Nat.Woodie club.

trjford8

08-23-2012 @ 7:50 PM

reply profile send p.m.

Senior
Posts: 4241
Joined: Oct 2009

Unless you have the old wood for patterns you are in for a real challenge. Join the National Woodie Club as others have suggested and you might find someone who has some pieces for patterns. If you need all the wood for the car you are probably looking at $10,000 for a new wood kit from most suppliers.

deuce_roadster

08-23-2012 @ 2:51 PM

reply profile send p.m.

Member
Posts: 284
Joined: Oct 2009

Another source to consider is Rick Mack in the Tacoma Wa area. He only does 49-51 Ford and Merc woodies. If you go to http://www.rickmack.com you can read about his business and him.

Stroker

08-23-2012 @ 8:48 AM

reply profile send p.m.

Senior
Posts: 1460
Joined: Oct 2009

I don't know of any "plans" per se, but www.woodncarr.net/ has all the patterns for
this year, and will provide the pieces you will need. You might also consider joining
the National Woodie Club www.nationalwoodieclub.com/. I joined back in the 70's, and
NWC has, along with the Early Ford V8 Club of America, been well worth it for good information on Ford Station Wagon restoration information.

29speedster

08-23-2012 @ 8:25 AM

reply profile send p.m.

Member
Posts: 1
Joined: Aug 2012

I just bought a 1950 Ford Woodie (Early one with wood tailgate). I am thinking of making my own wood for it. Does anyone have any plans or know where one can get plans for a 1950 Ford Woodie?

<< previous || next >>

NOTE: YOU MUST BE A REGISTERED USER AND BE LOGGED IN TO POST (and reply to) messages in this forum. If you are a first time user, please click the CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT in the masthead above to register and Log In. After that, all you do is LOG IN to enjoy using this site.

DISCLAIMER: The V-8 Club does no independent testing of any of the opinions, thoughts or suggestions presented in the website on the Forum, in the Tech Tips section, or any section. A reader should consider the website to be a forum wherein differing solutions to a particular set of circumstances may be discussed. Ultimately, the selection of an item for an individual's vehicle must be based upon the independent study of the vehicle owner in consultation with people in the hobby and restoration experts.

Early Ford V-8 Club Forum

Merchandise Questions

Membership Questions