32 Model B Deluxe Roadster DASH

Yellowfordcoupe

Yellowfordcoupe

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I want to know if the 32 Model B Deluxe Roadsters also have had an woodgrained dash, like the V8 cars and do they also have had an engine turned oval dash insert?
Now I also really want to know the differences between a Brookville Reproduction body and an original one? Thanks for your help.
Alex
 
The features of any particular '32 model depended on whether it was a "standard" model or a "deluxe" model and was completely independent of the engine version (four or V-8), So Model B deluxe roadsters had a woodgrained dash, leather seat cushions, chrome-plated windshield frames and outer rear window frames, post-mounted outside rear view mirror, rumble seat, cowl lamps, drab top and side curtains, etc., just like V-8 deluxe roadsters.

There many differences between an original '32 roadster body and a Brookville reproduction, but the two most obvious are the lack of 'pockets' in the sheet metal of the upper quarter panels where the back wood tack rail terminates on each side and the lack of channels on the underside of the doors for the weatherstrip rubber.
 
I wonder if they are still making them with the weak mouldings on the quarter panels and whether or not the openings in the B pillars for the rubber door bumpers are the same size, top and bottom. And then there are the minor matters of the poor fit for '32 male door dovetails (the '33-'36 open variety do fit) and whether or not the cowl side mouldings line up correctly with an original hood.
 
this is an original 1/4 panel with the "pocket" for the back wood tack rail.
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Thank you so much for all the help, but I sure'll be back with other questions during the restoration. It shall be a as near to original build.
Alex
 
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