1934 Car Wooden Toeboard

gearhead1952

gearhead1952

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Having bought two reproduction toeboards and neither fit I have decided to make my own. Does anyone know the height, thickness and wood type from an original toeboard on a 33-34 passenger car? Thanks
 
is it by chance a 4cyl? i have a steel toe board, factory, only one i've ever heard of, but it has a hump in the middle which i presume is for the longer engine/trans unit of the 4.
 
Have you tried Roy Nacewicz? I don't know if he still does, but Roy use to make excellent reproduction wood for the '34 car....
 
cas3 said:
is it by chance a 4cyl? i have a steel toe board, factory, only one i've ever heard of, but it has a hump in the middle which i presume is for the longer engine/trans unit of the 4.
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Yes I have a couple steel ones myself. I am wanting a wooden one in a v8 car.
 
petehoovie said:
Have you tried Roy Nacewicz? I don't know if he still does, but Roy use to make excellent reproduction wood for the '34 car....
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Yes I bought wood from him last summer and it was a bad experience for me. Not the quality I was looking for. I did not get a toeboard from him but several other items.

The wood repro ones I have now appear to be 1 inch short on one of them and 1/2 inch short on the other toeboard.
 
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I talked to Roy a few weeks ago about the battery cover. The person who did his wood work had passed away and he was looking for someone to take his place. So supplies of some of the wood work have run out.
Suggest you use solid core ply wood, I was told it only came in one wood. I believe the original wood was CLOSE to 5/8 thick. Unless your going to do exact reproduction as Roy has, you will have to settle for what is available in wood thickness. A cardboard pattern works well and inserting threaded rod into the D-nuts and placing a small dab of lip stick on the end of the threaded rods will give you the marks necessary for precise location for holes for the attachment screws. There are other holes that you have to use the metal plates for the seals around the pedals as well as the pedal bumper plate to locate as well as holes for the floor mat metal inserts for the floor mat clips.
 
clo said:
Try ford wood art. They have what you need.
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Yeah not impressed with Wood Art anymore. Lots of places sell toeboards and I now own two of them. Complete crap. You think you are saving time by buying a repro item only to find out it does not fit when you are way beyond the return window for the part.
 
Hi gearhead I am making a new one for my 34 Roadster I assume all 34s would be the same PM me with your email address and I will send you photographs of my work in progress,the original appears to be 5/8 plywood cheers
 
I just made new toe boards for my 36. I had the originals to use as a pattern so it went well, I'm a cabinet maker. The original thickness on mine were 5/8" plywood. I just happen to have some 5/8" plywood from 1958 that I removed from my barn when I remodeed it, worked out perfect and has the look. I also switched over to hydraulic brakes using a set of 39 pedals and swaped out the steering box to a 37 so I had to adjust the drivers toe boad for those alterations and it looks factory.
 
Have been told that 'Henry', when contracting with his suppliers, specified that the parts be shipped in wooden boxes of a certain size so that they could be used for 'toe boards'.
 
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Roy's worked fine on my 34. I think I had to enlarge a hole or two something minor. Could have been the car though, replaced the firewall, floors ect.
 
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Ford had its own wood working facilities at Iron Mountain. That is how Kingsford charcoal got started from the waste not-want not attitude Henry had.
 
rotorwrench said:
Ford had its own wood working facilities at Iron Mountain. That is how Kingsford charcoal got started from the waste not-want not attitude Henry had.
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Yes, but in keeping with Henry's waste not-want not attitude it would not surprise my if he used the boxes as a supply of wood to fabricate the toe boards at the wood working facilities.
 
They made T bodies there but that changed after the model A plant was built at the Rouge. After that they shipped production parts in crates. Ford used the crates too but I don't know if they did that as much after the model A production ceased but they shure could have.
 
gearhead1952 said:
Yes I bought wood from him last summer and it was a bad experience for me. Not the quality I was looking for. I did not get a toeboard from him but several other items.

The wood repro ones I have now appear to be 1 inch short on one and 1/2 inch short on the other.
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Roy's stuff is right on. I am sure he would replace it if it wasn't exactly right. One inch short one way and 1/2 inch short the other way sure doesn't sound like Roy's stuff.
 
Lawson Cox said:
Roy's stuff is right on. I am sure he would replace it if it wasn't exactly right. One inch short one way and 1/2 inch short the other way sure doesn't sound like Roy's stuff.
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You misread my postings. The toeboards I have now are NOT from Roy. I took pics of the stuff from Roy and spoke to him directly. Replacement would have yielded the same quality. I was shocked and surprised at the experience.

Lawson have you ever used his wood for a 34? I felt the same about his stuff being good which is why I went to him first but not now in regards to the wood products.
 
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