Re: Todds 1930 733 7P Sedan

Posted by tfee On 2013/4/1 10:39:04

We got a touch of warm weather this weekend so I decided to get the cowl off the sedan so I could look into creating a new wood estate wagon body for the car. I started by removing the steel roof perimeter and found that the wood underneath was completely useless. All the joints are rotted out and some have literally turned to dust. Even the wood that looks OK is as soft as butter, I'm not sure what was keeping the car together. I had already made up my mind to put a wood body on the car but this just confirms it's the right way to proceed. I managed to get all four doors off last night after I had soaked the remaining rusted screws in penetrating oil over night. I also managed to remove the windshield and header piece off the cowl but didn't get photos of it. The wood header over the window is rotted out and the screws had rusted to almost nothing making it fairly easy to remove.

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