Oldsmobile Truck--a bit more progress!

[Biscuitbuilder]

Hmm, no opening doors, you say? Well I tried, tried to the tune of several doors, several quarter-panels, but either they were imprecise (having to do all the work around the hinges by hand (very exacting stuff), or could not get them to close precisely, and last, just no good way of securing the hinges where they needed to go. So, Plan B, building a cab with doors fixed in position. So now, a cab is finally coming together:

Another look:

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[Guest zebm1]

Tha only REO (wood body) I evah saw, waz just metal parts. Complete but tha termites had long ago finished off with tha wood. I always wondered what that REO's body looked like. Thanks for sharing Art.

Zeb

[PatRedmond]

Art, this is beautiful work!

[ismaelg]

GREAT work. Beautiful!

[bsoder]

Yup I'll go along with great work!!way cool truck 8) ....B

[Jairus]

Hey Art! I only open the doors if it's feasible. Most of the time my cars are not designed for opening doors just because of the over engineering required to hinge, latch and create decent doorjambs. The sickness is the more you handle a project, the more you see things that can be done… but SHOULD they be done?

Your truck looks great by the way! The doors actually LOOK like they could open and that is good enough.

[MonoPed]

What kind of wood did you use? I used 1/32" basswood for my woody conversion. Looks nice!!