Knowing Scott, he will cut and fill, and I don't mean with bondo. I have seen his work first hand. He's too 'thrifty' to order up something NOS from back East....

 

Delivery rear fenders are unique to them and impossible to find. I have some sedan fenders, which will need to be heavily modified to work.
Everything I've done to this point has been child's play.....compared to the challenges ahead.
I do enjoy this kind of work though.

 

I love seeing these transformations. It's threads like this that inspire me to try the difficult stuff. Go Scott.

 

I got the inner jamb pieces installed for the rear door. getting them to fit over the new steel structure was interesting....
Also put in a patch panel on the lower 1/4....the quality of these leaves a lot to be desired, but it will work.
Next is to tackle the tail pan under the rear door. This will be the biggest challenge of the project.

 

Coming along nicely. You made a good match for the reveal line of the patch panel.

I feel your pain in the tail pan. The one in my '36 coupe is dented pretty good, and I can't get behind it w/ a hammer
& dolly due to the cross-member. Hate to replace it w/ a repro. Yours is unique to the s. delivery; are you trying to
save it or fabbing a new one? (Good thing you scored on the donor sedan. It will save a bunch of headaches!)

 

WB, I still wish we lived closer. I could make you a set of T&G wood flooring for your panel and install it while you fix the tail roll pan on my panel. I barely know where to begin on real welded in bodywork.

 

That piece was all bolted in on my panel. I think it's the last piece of the puzzle when wood, body and frame all came together at the factory. I saw someone just use plywood in a pickup and it looked pretty good. I'm thinking a sheet of 3/4" marine if I can get it in 9 foot, then just put my metal strips on top of that.

 

I think you can get t-111 siding plywood in 10' pieces. It's way cheaper, plenty durable and if you can get 'blanks' without the 1/2" groove detail, even better. Probably a lot easier to find than marine plywood in the Dakotas.

 

I'm using a tail pan for a slant back sedan. It is similar, but not really....the SD body is much wider at the rear. I am dissecting it and will re-shape the pieces to fit. Maybe.

 

To quote a previous poster.... Go Scott GO!

 

Hmmm; you may be on to something there. Has to be easier than building one from scratch w/ all the curves and reveal.
Good luck w/ it!

 

I knew the tail pan was going to be my biggest challenge.....
While not 100 percent original, I think it's going to work. Lots of slicing and dicing and re-shaping though.

 

Wow, that actually looks pretty darned good.

 

Between your body work and 49fordv8f4's (Mark) machining work I am feeling very out classed on the forum these days. Thank you for sharing!

 

Thanks Fred, but I am a total hack compared to some of the metal masters out there.....
And yes, Mark's machine work is top shelf for sure. Amazing!