29 Closed Cab Pickup

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New member here, great site and some real helpful people out there. Okay down to business. I have had the truck since 1985. All in pieces. Just last November I started to restore it. I read in here about the outide mirror. I noticed my cab has 2 holes in the pillar in line with the windshield swing arm nut. I am assuming this was D-nuts, since there is no sign of there ever being anything inside the pillar. The holes are 11/16. What size were the D-nuts? Any ideas? Next, The back upper panel on the cab, I noticed mine is folded over the channel for the rear wood header. Normal or wrong.
 
Yes, the two holes in the pillar should have D Nuts, I'm not sure of the thread size though. The bolts to hold the mirror bracket are special dome headed bolts. Maybe the size for those D Nuts and bolts would be listed in the Model A Standard Hardware book. I don't have a copy of the book. Anybody?

The rear and corner sheetmetal panels are folded over the top channel for the rear wood header. The corner panels also fold over the subframe at the bottom rear of the panel.
 
Most 1929 82-A closed cabs (except some early ‘29’s) have the mirror bracket mounded 5-7/8” from the bottom of the upper door hinge to the center line of the bracket top mounting bolt. The mounting bolts are 5/16-24 x 7/8 acorn hex. head bolt.

Consequently, the d-nuts installed in the hinge pillar are 5/16-24. The holes in the pillar should be “D” shaped (not round).

Attached is a picture of the mirror setup for the A pickup with closed cab.
 

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Thanks guys. The holes are "D"haped and approx. 5 7/8. No hinges or doors installed. The pic is nice to see. The top panel on the cab back just didn't look right, because the corners are not folded over. Nice to know. Having issues with getting a good set of subase rail extensions. Just returned my second set. NOT even close. Any suggestions. Would have really liked to use mine, but there was actually not much to work with. Thanks again.
 
Couple of quick questions. I was getting my back panels for the cab ready for media blasting and I noticed a material on both sides of the "T" strip. Resembles the anti-squeak material used in the cowl area. Was this right? Also as Dan had mentioned the cab corners were folded over in the back. But what about the section behind the doors? One side was badly eaten out and the other appears to have a piece that came under the cab about an inch and back up about an inch. Are there cab corner patch panels available? Haven't been able to locate any. Thanks
 
Yes, there is anti-squeek between the corner panels and the rear center panels, probably the same material used between the tank and cowl (no bead on the anti-squeek).

The bottom of the corner panels behind the doors do not fold over like the rear of the corner panel. Mine are held on temporarily waiting final assembly so it was easy to take a photo. I hope this shows the bottom well enough for you.
cabcorner01.jpg
 
It certainly helps alot. It is those little things you don't find in the books. I appreciate all the help I can get. Is there a good book out there on the pickup? Thanks for the help and photo,
 
Dan,

I guess I need help, which side of the truck? Looking to the back or front? Building
a PU from parts and not sure what I'm looking at, thanks

Dudley
 
Dudley,

That photo is the bottom of the drivers side cab corner looking toward the front (you can see the front tire turned to the left).

The long bolt is a temporary bolt that is holding the bottom of the doorjam wood in the channel. You can just see the bottom of the wood in the channel.

-DAN
 
I have noticed that some trucks have a channel that runs up from the subrail and your wood doorjamb slides into it. On mine the wood doorjamb actually had four bolts holding it to the subrail and seat riser. No channel..
 
No "channel" for the wood, it's more of an indent in the subframe for the wood at that point, looks like a channel from below.
rearsubframe1.jpg
 
Yep, that is how mine looks also. On another note. I was looking at my firewall/cowl today and noticed 6 holes to mount to the door pillar. The pillar is out being blasted, but I remember 5 holes in it. The 3 at the top appear evenly spaced and the 3 at the bottom are fairly close together. The bottom is where the subase rail extensions are bolted in and I believe that this was where the pillar only had 2 holes. What bolts were used to bolt these pieces together? One of the holes at the bottom appears larger than the other 2. Appreciate the help.
 
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