They were cool weren't they! But back then the wood on them was usually in bad shape and nothing special. Now any woodies on the rood are pristine and the result of probably hundreds (if not more) of hours of restoration. I saw a beauty recently, it looked brand-new... totally restored.Yeah, Jerry, but you're like me...old enough to remember when cars had wood on them from the factory.
God bless the south!
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Why do you think they still call it floorboards... Some cars in the day had metal bodies, and wood floors.Yeah, Jerry, but you're like me...old enough to remember when cars had wood on them from the factory.
Somebody better call Morgan Motor Company because they never got the message we all switched to bakelite.Yeah, Jerry, but you're like me...old enough to remember when cars had wood on them from the factory.
Many years ago, my friend bought a brand new CJ7 with a hard-top. Think is was 85-86. My first ever long trip in a Jeep.More worth your time to keep on the lookout for a hard top at a better price, reasonably priced parts for our Jeeps sell fast and that leaves mostly people who are kidding themselves asking $5000 OBO for "OEM mopar screw gently used that's not rust no it's brown from factory". Have you been in a hard top Jeep? It's definitely *better* than a soft top in terms of wind noise and insulation but unless you install a headliner with insulation you might end up disappointed. You will go from can't hear the radio above 50mph to can somewhat hear the radio above 50mph, and from freezing your butt off unless the heater is on level 4 to freezing your butt off unless the heater is on level 3. I'm in northern Ohio, it's really damn cold here but can't imagine it's much warmer in your neck of the woods.
Maybe it was a ship builder, who could not bear the depression of travel by road. Comforted by the fresh smell of varnish when waxing the hard top of the car, enthused by the resonance of the hardwood top as it must surely play a role in improving audio quality inside. Not that it would be any quieter
Yeah but once it's sandwiched with fiberglass, you're working with fiberglass. We did testing with the number of layers, order we did the layers and with and without balsa and we kept the sandwiched Balsa. I'm not sure if it was the lightest for the strength or if it became a cost vs strength and weight. Carbon fiber was ideal on paper, but the cost and time was just too high for us to do experiments. Though we did integrate some carbon tow in areas and it would help stiffen stuff up those areas.
The balsa creates a torque box when it is the core. Lightweight, high strength to weight ratio when resin bonded to the composites, lots of structural rigidity. It is basically a very easy way to duplicate a series of internal braces to support the other composite surfaces without adding much weight and the complexity of an internal truss system. Plus even though it has a grain and is far less flexible in one direction, once the resin bonds it to the composite, most of that goes away.
And here I thought that was a group photo of your "tailgate" party you had when the wife was out of town. Did you ever tell her the "Black Magic" name came from the male stripper you had that weekend?
Yeah, that's what I say too when my friends send me pics of their hobbies.
You being from Cali, I can't imagine. So, which one is you? There is no known "clear" photo of you on the internet. Maybe Chris took a close enough selfie and had to be disposed of.
There are all manner of pics of me. You just aren't looking in the right place. You'll never find me on all those gay websites you spend so much time on.You being from Cali, I can't imagine. So, which one is you? There is no known "clear" photo of you on the internet. Maybe Chris took a close enough selfie and had to be disposed of.
The Morgan still has a frame made of Ash.Yeah, Jerry, but you're like me...old enough to remember when cars had wood on them from the factory.
I find it hard to get excited by a motor company that sells it's own gin. Now, if it was a nice IPA or Porter, that'd be another thing.
