JB's 1927 Dodge Brothers Build... REBUILT THREAD!!!

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Starting on the "lid." I am using 3/4" red oak plywood, wrapped with vinyl on the outside and stained on the inside...

 

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The roof is just over 4' wide, so I had to buy 2 sheets and join them. Using a biscuit jointer and glue...

 

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All clamped up and drying...

 

[sgtpontiac]

That should be cool as heck.....

must do a fair amount of woodworking too...as most don't have a biscuit cutter handy....lol...[cl

 

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I gotta have my music, but didn't have much room for a standard sized head unit... I found this little feller at the parts store. It is a media center, and doesn't have a cd player (am fm, auxillary port, sd card slot and usb port), so it is about 1/2 as deep as a standard unit...

 

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must do a fair amount of woodworking too...as most don't have a biscuit cutter handy....lol...[cl

Not really much anymore... my dad has been into construction/ woodwork for 50 years now... he has lots of cool woodworking tools!

 

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I had some plywood left, so I built a box for the Kicker 6x9's that the wifey bought for the project...

 

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They sound AMAZING! I highly recommend kicker speakers... The little head unit is pushing 200 watts, so it pushes them pretty good!

 

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Putting the lid on in a few!

 

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Stained inside...

 

[Old Iron]

Wow, your 27 sure has turned out spectacular [cl
It's always a blast to take em on their first shake down run

 

[sgtpontiac]

Yes sir!!

Mighty fine....might fine..!! [cl

 

[SugarRay8]

Looks great! Really like the stain you used.

 

[bell]

Thanks fellas! The lid is done... I also got a lot of other stuff buttoned up today! Gonna spend the day tomorrow, driving it around!

 

[bob w]

The top looks great, bell. What top material did you use? Would you describe the process of putting the material on the plywood? Thanks.

 

[bell]

Thanks Bob! I used a very old piece of vinyl, that I had laying around... it is very thick and not padded. You can see in the first pic, I folded half of it over and sprayed headliner/ carpet adhesive on both the plywood and the vinyl. From the opposite side, I started pushing it (at the fold) towards the glued plywood... working from the middle, out. Just work it slowly and keep "stretching" it as you are applying the vinyl to the plywood... hope this makes sense.

 

[rustylocke]

Top looks good.
You did a good job.

 

[Snake Farm]

........... Gonna spend the day tomorrow, driving it around!

I hate to be the one to tell you this but.........we will need video of your ride tomorrow!

The car looks awesome! [cl[cl[cl