Hello and welcome to my 32 Ford project.

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The disassembly:

Upon seeing it in pieces I've found this will be a little more complicated than I originally thought. Np though, I love a challenge :).

The chop:

I took 1.5 millimeters off the top. Just test fitting after the cuts revealed this alone is going to be extremely cool. Almost as low as the Way 2 Fast.

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Rumble area:

Well this may prove to be the hardest part. First I found the space I need for the seat was taken up by metal (about 60%). This is a pic of the area hollowed out. I may end up making a new rumble lid as the existing metal is about 2.5 mm thick where I need it to be around 1.0 mm.

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Door removal:

I didnt use the original door seams as a guide, instead I cut .5 mm inside. This was done for two reasons :  1.) Using the original seam would leave the lower area too thin for my comfort.  2.)I wanted to keep from notching the door posts.

Interior:

Found a doner for the new interior, a Mercedes 380SEL. I decided that there just wasnt enough material to work with on the 32s int. The Mercedes has plenty.

Interior:

New seats and dash for the 32. Disassembled the 380 and robbed the int. ,cut it up and trimed front seats to fit the 32. Cut two notches in the chasis of the 32 for the dash to slide into.Who wouldnt love a top grain cowhide leather interior for their hot rod :).

Test fit

Test fit

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The rumble:

Well here is the troublesome rumble seat area. I ended up just completely hollowing it out.

The rumble lid:

I used silver for this, 1.5 mm thick. A slight bevel on the sides will let it drop into place snugly and still be flush when closed. Using silver will reclaim most of the weight that was cut away.

Fit:

Pretty close, not exact yet though. I'ts still about .2 mm out at the top. I'll shave that off the surface instead of rebending it.

Rumble upholstery:

Scratchin your head yet? Just wait. This is the future upholstery for the backend. Thx to the 380 once again.

Rear framework:

One of the tools of my profession (jeweler) is a wax pen. As it turns out this is very handy for fusing this plastic together.

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