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Ford Model A Pickup Restoration - Cutting new floor boards to size and planking with aluminum sheet (January 2014)
Last year I could not finish the floor panels yet and this work I had to do now in January.
The fitting of the remaining third board was not easy, I had to make it fit step by step.
The old board could not be used as a template since it did not fit properly either.
You will see later why I have milled these complicated shapes. The reason for that is that I need some space to run my cables through which will lead to the (of course hidden) dashboard.
For bending the aluminum sheet I fix it on the wood.
These openings will be cut out later. The easiest way is to do it with a fretsaw and a very fine blade.
Both sides are not bent yet.
I do remove the aluminum until the wood is primed and varnished.
The spacers are mounted.
At the front floor board I had to fit a shroud and to mount the footrest.
As you can see, I was stopped in my work due to bad quality of the reproduction part. I'll restore now the old part and insert a new rubber.
This is the location where the part is mounted later, right next to the gas pedal.
On the big floor board I had to fit this part.
Finally only the two covers on the A-pillar are missing.
After 4 unsuccessful attempts …
… I did it - 2 pieces which do fit.
I'm not completely finished with the floor board, but everything is cut, folded, and most important, it fits.
I started now with priming the wood.
Last year we had the first 'GP Furttal' on June 30th 2013 and I found time to cut that video. It took place in the Furttal valley located between Zurich and Baden (Switzerland) and was a show race with vintage race cars, sports car and also motorbikes. Have a look at 'GP Furttal' 2013
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