While surfing CL I ran across this add. Not really something I'd be interested in owning or doing myself but I'll give credit where credit is due, this guy has some really fantastic wood working skills and a lot of spare time

1932 Ford Roadster

 

That is amazing. I wonder how the wood parts covering the engine would handle the heat over time. And where is he going to find a buyer with $95K lying around for such a unique vehicle.

 

Hey, at least it won't rust!

 

All that work and he couldn't even carve the fenders???

 

He calls it solid wood, but from the pictures it looks like it was made from hundereds of small pieces to the point it resembles OSB. Nice work tho. Does he rep C&C router tables?

 

First, anybody who would take the time out of their life to carve something so nice surely didn't expect to sell it on Craigslist someday, did they? I'd like to see how he arrived at that number (no doubt involved calculating the endless time involved).

And I agree with Harrier, in my opinion, the wooden "engine" components under the hood could not survive any more than just a few minutes of that 350 running beneath them at any given time without showing damage (i.e. the time it takes to unload it from the trailer and park it at the car show, etc.). But, then again, us "mortals" who look at a vehicle to possibly drive down the road probably don't get it anyway. But, I must admit, it's very pretty and unique.

 

sheezuz that's amazing .... i can't even cut a straight line in a 2x4 and he made those parts .....................

 

That is pretty cool, but he will never see $95K. Hope he put some Thompsons water seal on that wood!!!

 

I would think if it is drove much if any, that the blower and heads are just sitting on
the 350 and are removed whenever they move it.

 

I'd say you are right. It's very beautiful. Very different, but very nice. Has anybody seen any magazine/internet articles about it? Something like that doesn't stay anonymous.

 

I download all the pic's so as to study them off line.
Amazing, Just amazing work. It's art and looks like
it is being sold as such.

I have built cabinets and done a couple boat cabins
in Western Red Ceder And Alaskan Yellow Ceder (cypress).

So I know this Guy is an artist. The work on this 32 is
Awesome.

 

C&C machining of both metal and wood has made creating complex parts like this much easier today. If you can draw it in a 3-D cad program you most likely can machine it out of the material of your choice pretty easily compared to days gone by where that would have required many hours of very highly skilled hand work. There was a 3D cam router at the tech center I taught at that I used a number of times and saw some very elaborate and highly detailed carvings being made on it, in wood, plastic and structural foam. If it could fit on the table of the machine (4' x8' x 10" on the machine I used, Larger pieces could be done in layers or sections and assembled after.) and the material was capable of being routed the machine would carve it down to the detail resolution of a 1/32" diameter router bit. I saw cosplay fantasy weapons, masks and costume parts being made as well as wood animal replicas.

 

Seems like this would be a great piece to have in a restaurant/bar environment. I don't see doing to much driving around with it without ruining the beauty and workmanship of it. I'd be interested to know if he ever gets anywhere near his asking price.

 

You'd have to insure for termite and wood-pecker damage.

 

CNC machines can carve anything that one can program into it. I watched one carve a 1940 Ford Coupe (at IWF Atlanta show) in 15 minutes about 12" long with amazing detail. The operator said that it could be programed to do a full size one in about 4 or 5 parts that would fit together like a jig saw puzzle.
Regardless of how it was done, this is one fine piece of woodwork. A lot of work went into that car and 95K might not even cover it. But this kind of work isn't done for the money, it is done because somebody loves working with wood.