Wood for 1934 Chevy 1 ton

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I think a lot of them were white oak.

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There were still a lot of them around when I was young. If my memory serves me, they looked like white oak. Can’t swear to it though.

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Contact Silverado Trucks in Sidney, OH. The owner is a relative of mine. He redid a 34 Ford for the Great American Race. The bed had to be completely redone. My late father was the mechanic that got the old ford engine to run the entire race. Even set up dual carbs on it!

Don’t have Scott’s business phone number right now. I can look it up, if you want.

Scotts late dad did a LOT of vintage car restores…

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You should put up some pictures of the Ford, that must have been something else to see.

Contact Silverado Trucks in Sidney, OH. The owner is a relative of mine. He redid a 34 Ford for the Great American Race. The bed had to be completely redone. My late father was the mechanic that got the old ford engine to run the entire race. Even set up dual carbs on it!

Don t have Scott s business phone number right now. I can look it up, if you want.

Scotts late dad did a LOT of vintage car restores…

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I help a lot of guys restore pickups. They usually use white oak, coated in clear epoxy (West Systems 207), then topped off with either Sikkens Cetol for breath-ability or a two part varnish like Interlux Perfection or Bristol Finish. Good luck, awesome project!

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White Oak. The best were boards split and planed. They claimed the heat of a saw opened the pores and let them rot faster. Split White Oak boards also have strength like plywood. Most were then oiled so when you scraped them you could retouch them.

Interesting on the split oak. I wonder if they were using green lumber or dried for that.

On the epoxy, wouldn’t that completely seal it to where any other finish over it wouldn’t be allowed to breathe?

I believe Swab Wagon which went on to make custom bodies for ambulances and rescue trucks, split them green, then dried, then worked them. White oak was split for the wooden spoked wheels, also.

I don’t know what type of wood was used on the original but I saw one of the rebuild shows on velocity channel that used birds eye maple. came out beautiful.

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