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26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Henning2621 » Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:02 pm

Hey guys hoping you can help me out this is my first time posting but the forum has really helped me out putting this 26 roadster together, I'm 16 building my first T and I have some books to help me along the way but having trouble with the wood kit which I think would be simple to install. I purchased a kit from Snyder's (part numbers T-1244) and it comes with 16 pieces and a parts list but no instructions. Any pictures or links to instructions would be helpful, I looked through older posts but couldn't find anything but maybe this topic has been talked about before. I'll add as many pictures as I can of what I have, thanks guys.
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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Scott_Conger » Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:21 pm

Jacob...WELCOME!!
What I see so far looks wonderful!

I'm not a late T guy, so will not post guesses, though I'm pretty sure I can ID the parts from similarity to cars I've worked on. Someone else will jump in very very soon with real advice.

again, welcome!
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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Scott_Conger » Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:32 pm

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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by John kuehn » Thu Feb 28, 2019 9:09 am

The ford wood website has some decent pics of T wood that’s helpful. There are pics of T wood structure in older touring and roadsters posted on the older forums as I used them and Fordwood pics when building my 3 T’s.
I can’t recall many 26-27 Roadster wood pics probably because there isn’t much wood to replace in those cars.
Whole bodies are another story! Just remember you may have to do a little fitting of the wood here and there to obtain a good fit. The wood pieces will fit but probably won’t just drop in.
Did you get any type of fasteners with the kit? The kit you have probably came from classic wood in North Carolina. If it did you call them and ask for advice.
I would think someone on the forum has pics of the 26-27 Roadster wood in their car.
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I have used Forwood kits and they have instructions and advice that helped me.
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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Dean Kiefer » Thu Feb 28, 2019 9:28 am

Jacob, even thou I own a 26 roadster pick up I can't help you any because I have never tore into it yet. Welcome to the Forum and good luck on your project. I have owned a 55 chevy most of my life so I would sure like to here about the 55 in the back ground of your picture.


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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Henning2621 » Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:34 pm

Thanks for the help guys the pictures help from the later forum. The 55 is my ol mans, Arizona car, two tone blue, 383 stroker and just installed a T-5 tranny to replace the 700R4...bow tie till i die but the T's neat and who knew restoring something to be close to original would be harder than cramming the biggest motor you can find in a car. :lol:


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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Henning2621 » Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:48 pm

Here's what Snyder's said to get for screws because most of the holes are pre drilled, any objections anyone?
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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Kevin Pharis » Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:59 pm

You seem to have the same body construction as my ol ‘27 roadster. I suspect that your car, as was mine, is a later variation... or simply put, a ‘27 model year. These cars omit the latch post pillars and the top pivot blocks. Your hinge block in the pic needs to be rotated 90 deg so that the raised center section is contacting the door jamb (and I believe may be the wrong side too). I was too tall to utilize the seat back wood and drive the car at the same time... so can’t help you there. And good luck with the tack strip... I made a bunch of relief cuts and tried like he!! to make mine fit


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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Henning2621 » Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:12 pm

Thanks for the response Kevin, any chance you know the differences between the 26 and 27 body styles so I can check to be sure. Yeah I also noticed the pillar in wrong after I posted :lol: I'm also dreading the tack strip because it doesn't fit worth a d*mn and I think the pinch weld above the seat where it rides is bent in a few places

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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by TMiller6 » Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:28 pm

If I wasn’t 550 miles away from my ‘26, I would be happy to share photos. The Z shaped pieces are easy. I secured them with one screw. The 1/2 diameter post of the rubber bumper fits in the end of the wood.

My car has wide perforated steel strips that the hip panel nails pass through. The vertical wood pieces screw to that metal and provide a backer for the nails.
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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Will Brown » Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:43 pm

The '26 and the 27s are different. In fact, the early '26 is different than the later ones. Here are the photos of mine which is an Oct 25 roadster. Note that the body mounting blocks are different than the later models. The wood for the tack strip is a joke. I ended up using the plastic tack strip.
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Re: 26 Roadster wood kit

Post by Kevin Pharis » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:41 pm

Here’s a pic of my ‘ol ‘27 roadster. The main differences between the ‘26 and ‘27 models the best I can tell, is the sill plate beneath the doors, the termination of the rocker panel, and the trunk floor.

The ‘27 has a sill plate that connects the front and rear body halves. It hooks under the bottom of both the cowl and rocker panel, follows the body up to the door opening and rivets into the door jamb. It’s also imbossed with edge beads and logo

The rocker panel terminates at its rear (below the radius at the front of the trunk) with a raised vertical bead, leaving a length of the sub rail exposed ahead of the rear fender. Where as a ‘26 extends without a bead to cover the sub rail and terminates under the rear fender.

The trunk floor for ‘27 was riveted to the bottom of the trunk, rather than to the top of the sub rails. A bit more complicated than the near flat ‘26 trunk floor, as it rolled up along the radius at the front of the trunk.

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