Shawn Marsh's Metalworking Portfolio » 1939 Ford Convertible

This car recieved an extensive amount of work. I removed all of the floor boards from the firewall back, and replaced them all as well as the rocker panels and lower 6" of the door frames. I made a new lower quarter panel and inner door jamb on one side as well. It recieved custom motor mounts to put in a Cobra 4.6 liter engine, transmission crossmember, brake lines, fuel lines, exhaust, etc. To finish it off, I built a cage of sorts, tying the A-pillars together, and a separate cage for the B-Pillars, which also ties into the frame above the rear suspension.

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  • A view of the tool tray through the rumble seat opening. I removed the floors back to this point before discovering that the car had been hit in the past, and the tool tray had damage as well as rust. We then decided to replace this piece as well.
  • New rear floors, old front floors/rockers, and a cage being built to make sure the car doesn't move when it gets cut apart.
  • Another view before the cutting begins.
  • A better view of the cage. It supports the car front and rear using the door hinge locations on the A-Pillar, and mounting bolts on the B-Pillar. We don't want this car to move at all once we got the doors aligned properly and body shimmed on the frame.
  • And here are the floors/rocker panels completely removed from the car.
  • ANother view.
  • And another view.
  • This is a small, oddly shaped section of the floor that was removed near the A-Pillar due to rust.
  • Removed from the car.
  • The old and the new.
  • ANother view
  • This is the lower quarter panel of the driver side, which had been patched in the past. The lower body line was missing completely, and it had no compaund curve to it (they made the curve with bondo). Due to continuing rust and the aforementioned problems, I removed the piece and made a new inner structure and a new skin that wrapped all the way through the door pillar.
  • ANother view.
  • Here you can see the new floors in place, and the beginning of the front cage. Legs were added through the firewall that attach at the front body mounts. It had to be made to allow everything to fit under the dash, and be hidden by upholstery work.
  • Another view.
  • With the dash in place.
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