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Old 11-09-20, 13:05
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Default Not military, but ...

.... not since *deleted * have I so wanted to run my hands all over the curves of a body.

Have a look at the craftsmanship here: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...oodie.1201808/
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Old 11-09-20, 13:21
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Fabulous !
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Old 11-09-20, 14:03
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The old phrase 'coachwork' comes to mind seeing that Woodie. Besides being overly massive, I can see how old style horse carriage builders became car body builders.

In my family's history, my grandfather started a parcel delivery service that became a 30-truck long haul entreprise by the 1960s. I'd been told that skilled labour and materials, was cheaper buying than a production unit, especially when he hired good men and owned farms with woodlots. It was nothing for him to buy a cab and chassis single axle truck and over the winter have his men build a bed and stake sides. They also built highway speed trailers for the single axle tractors. Quite small and underpowered by today's consumer standards, but big rigs for the day.
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Old 12-09-20, 02:21
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Incredible!!! On one hand it gives me hope that I could in fact build/rebuild one of the cars used in North Africa early in the war. On the other hand I also feel completely unworthy of it.

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Old 12-09-20, 03:51
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If I had nothing to do for the rest of my life I’d love to do this Ford. Lots of coachwork in it too.
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Old 12-09-20, 05:15
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And I thought doing a F15 was an achievement
Seriously talented people out there. Lucky we’re able to watch.
Thanks for sharing Tony
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Old 12-09-20, 05:45
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Beautifully done craftsmanship.
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Old 12-09-20, 08:20
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Impressive work!

Mind you, woodies built on truck chassis were in fact used by the military during WW2 - see http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=23738

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Have you seen how it finished?
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