Factory Wood Graining

[Ardun]

Well, Nick did a great job modifying a passenger car dash for my Tub and Ben Barnhart did a great wood grain job. All has been done for about 40 years and I am totally satisfied. Doesn’t matter to me what the correct woodgrain is..mine looks so good.

Tom Stryker

 

[tubman]

Mr. "Ardun" - My sentiments exactly.

 

[51504bat]

Mr. "Ardun" - My sentiments exactly.

I agree. I'll never have a 100% original car so I don't have a dog in this fight so to speak. But the photos of all patterns that I've seen posted here are amazing. If its yours and you like it, end of discussion.

 

[ford33]

To muddy the waters a bit I took this glove box door off a Canadian 1933 Ford and it appears to have a completely different woodgrain pattern

 

[deuce lover]

I must say the Nick did a great job(dash woodgrain) on a '34 roadster I built in 1973.He even modified a dash from a sedan since the original roadster dash was gone .Fit perfect.

 

[RalphM]

One thing my Dad always said about matching wood grain, there are no two trees “exactly” alike.

 

[whizzernick]

I think this might be very early 33. A note about original (FORD ) woodgrain
The glove box door and the ashtray cover are different than dash,
I have posted pictures of ashtray cover. As to glovebox door. The dashboard and glovebox door were woodgrained at different times. I have seen examples of this.
The pattern is same but the color of hue sometimes is different. MY orignal 33 2door is like that. I am DO NOT suggest you have your 33 34 glovebox door grained or color be different. I am just saying that some not all differ. As to ashtray cover
I think they should be grained as my pictures show.

 

[al's28/33]

I believe the effort put into a restoration is worth credit. Hand craftsmanship is less common these days in our modern world. I like the look. It represents an art that involves the labor of love. I wouldn't mind having the dash on my '33 pickup done someday but I am reluctant to dismantle everything to accommodate it.....