Which bolts for Top Wood ?

Barber31

Barber31

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I'm installing my top wood kit and although there were no instructions on what bolts and screws goes where I pretty much figured out where almost all of them go. There are a few places I am still unsure of exactly which bolts goes where. Is there a illustration in a catalog or in one of the repair manuals that is detailed in this area? Or if someone has a picture of yours completed would prably work.
 
Do you know of any literature that give detailed specifics about which models have which bolts? I have the Red book, the Tudor book, judging standards and how to restore your model A and none refer to this particular part of restoration.
 
My dad and I have learned that no wood kit is "bolt on." Most screws will need pilots (or you crack the wood or break screws), and in multiple places we needed to drill our own bolt holes, "adjust" some notches (chisel and saw and get creative). But we have a special case, Most of these kits, i'm figuring, are designed to build a car from scratch. New wood, expecting new metal. It's much more challenging to try and fit this new wood in old existing metal. It also doesn't help us much that the manufacturer of the kit has not built this model of car ever, so the kit is untested...
 
I am putting new wood on a 31 Sport Coupe, there was no top wood and the doors were modified my cutting off the tops and also the B pillar.
Bought good doors and added B pillars to put it back to where it should be.
I ordered the wood and the hardware kit, as mentioned , no instructions or diagram to help and I have not found anything to determine where things go.
This seems to define the word "Universal".
 
Most of what you are doing is covered in Les Andrews Green Book. It covers the 5 window coupe, and much of it is the same as your sport coupe.
 
I'm sorry, I should of specified. I have a '31 Tudor. The other annoyance is having the nuts protruding out of the top rails and metal cross bow and not knowing if they will interfere with the installation of the interior.
 
Tudors are pretty much plane and simple of what goes where...
On the bows they should be countersunk for the nuts to compress and not protrude past the wood... Then hack off any left over screw threads
I have any pics u need also
 
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SteveB31 said:
Most of what you are doing is covered in Les Andrews Green Book. It covers the 5 window coupe, and much of it is the same as your sport coupe.
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I believe the Tudor is covered in the Green Les Andrews book also
 
Thank you. Yes. Pictures please Mitch. That was something I was thinking also, to hack off anything sticking past the nut. But I have my bolts flipped. Bolt thru top and nuts on interior side. I figured if any nut falls off at least the bolt will stay in place.
 
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Awesome. Thanks Mitch. One more question. Are there 3 bolts that go through the metal/wood center support bow? There are 3 holes in mine but the bolt kit I got is short a few bolts. Also I didn't know if maybe I should leave the center bolt out so the wood could breath with the temperature.
 
It's been a while but I think it's just wood screws to secure the wood to the metal Bow in the center... If you bolted it that would interfere with the top canvas as it would protrude
 
Thanks Steve, I put my green book in a box and just found it again. I am sure it is going to be helpful.
 
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