Wood kit needed
- Thread starter Ben Hoskins
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Cider Mill
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I bought a top wood kit for my 29 tudor, top wood for a town sedan and body sills for a town sedan all from Fordwood. Although they are hard to reach, they have always returned my emails eventually. The tudor top kit was in stock and shipped in 4 weeks. The body sills were shipped in 2 weeks and the town sedan top kit is being shipped in almost 5 months! They only billed my card when they shipped or started working on the top kit. So far I have installed about 2/3 of the tudor top kit and it only needed slight fitting and 3 bolt holes re-drilled 3/8" from where they were.
I have a friend who bought a door kit from Calssic and he had to return it because it had so many dowell plugs already installed! Bottom line is I think they all have pros & cons.
I have a friend who bought a door kit from Calssic and he had to return it because it had so many dowell plugs already installed! Bottom line is I think they all have pros & cons.
Try Brads WoodShop in Friday Harbor, Washington. I've been doing business with Brad for many years with my V8's and the quality does not get any better that Brad's. His wood is as as perfect as you could ever wish for. When he says he'll have it done--he will (you don't hear that about many wood guys). 360-378-3886 Sir Duce
5window
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I'm not at all sure just what the government has to do with this discussion. If you're against workplace safety and proper disposal of carcinogenic chemicals, then I guess we disagree. I can tell you that Ryan and the mods really frown on threads that go "political", so how about you edit your thread to just being glad the hobby has a future, and I'll delete mine?
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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I think I understand what you are saying, and while I do not want to speak for others here, I personaly am not considering Richard's comment out of line or controvercial politically. I think it is a very accurate statement where there are many facets of home restoration where products are desirable yet are being legislated out of reach. Paint is a great example. As you stated, the chemicals can be lethal if mishandled however I feel many home-hobbyists promote safety within their home shop by reading the warning labels and wearing proper safety gear. On the flip-side, it seems many "professionals" in a work-place environment can often be guilty of misusing, -or mis-handling products that are only available to them. I guess there is no real easy answer is there?
Tom Wesenberg
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Also, the many regulations, restrictions, hoops to jump through, and paperwork have driven many shops to close. Minneapolis just lost another large chrome plating shop a couple months ago. The government hasn't made it easy for many businesses in the U.S.
Terry NJ
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Tom and Brent, I hear from certain "Liberal" sources that there is more pollution than ever. I laugh! Newark NJ used to have over 50 foundaries, All Gone! Local Chemical Companies used to spew everything into the air, All Gone! I'm old enough to recall when 1 out of say 25 or 30 cars was a smoker, All gone! Much of the real estate these companies were located on is now a superfund site. My father was a plant engineer for Western Electric in Kearny, NJ (Next to the old Ford plant). Around 1965, he got his first "Anti-pollution" project. For years, Western had been dumping chromic acid into the Hackensack river. Dad's job was to design a recycling system and end the dumping into the river. Since then, we have cleaned up these rivers to where we can now find fish again. Yet we are told that we are more polluted than ever! From what? It's a great political football that works very well with young people who have no memories of what pollution really was.
Terry
Terry