austinsailor Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 I'm crawling around this Airflow and have a question. We're the floorboards in theis wood or metal? I think metal, but this all plywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Follow this link http://www.simplexco.com/auto/35air/35.html "I am surprised how much wood there is in the car.The floors are wood. The base of the seats are made of wood." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertKB Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 I have seen wood in a '37 Chrysler Airflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 sorry can't resist........do you have wood for the Airflow? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 sorry can't resist........do you have wood for the Airflow? I was going to say that but I did not want to go sit in the corner. Your turn to go sit in the corner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Don. No biggy......I've spent my whole life in one corner or another. Besides it seemed an appropriate question at the time Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinsailor Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) Well, I bought it. A LOT less than he wanted, a little more than I wanted, but it'll work out. Chris, the recommended trucker, will probably pick it up Monday, it'll be in Mo. before long, then I can see what I really got into. Edited October 9, 2014 by austinsailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbound Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Pics won't load..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinsailor Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Strange - I'll try again. I've done it with this I phone before, the thumbnails showed up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinsailor Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Here's another: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tones52 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Congrats on getting the Airflow, Austinsailor. After seeing the photos all I can say is, "Wow, what a beauty!" Will be looking forward to updates on your progress with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinsailor Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Pictures hide a lot - like the seats the moths ate. Don't show loose steering. Things like that. But no rust, not bent up. Motor sounds good but needs tuneup. Needs the correct carburetor. Running boards recovered. I'll go through the brakes and front end, tune it up - and find an emergency brake - and do the other things a little at a time while driving it. The seller (he's a good guy) assumed old cars like that always wandered badly and barely stopped. Not so when everything is tight and aligned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Good to see the follow up and the repost of the pictures that would not open earlier...you gonna like that car...I bet it will be the only one in the 'hood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T120 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thanks for the photos. The car looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbound Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Strange - I'll try again. I've done it with this I phone before, the thumbnails showed up. image.jpg Here's another: image.jpg Much better.....congrats on a very unique car, looks very nice. Finding & purchasing the taillight bezels will cost what you paid for the car....not really, but they go for mucho $$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneto-55 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 I ... ummm ... wish I had one like that, and you had one better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinsailor Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Airflow went in Chris' truck this afternoon. It's heading East. He expects to be here Tuesday. I'm getting excited. It needs a little bit, but it's not a project. First one I bought that wasn't a big project. More to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950 Special Deluxe Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Congratulations on your purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desoto1939 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 The airflow was a unibody car so I do not think there should be any wood in the body. Might be in the seats but I doubt in the body and floor pans. talked with a Chrysler guy at hershery and he said the say thing. I would suggest that you contact the Airflow club of America. rich Hartung desoto1939@aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T120 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 The airflow was a unibody car so I do not think there should be any wood in the body. Might be in the seats but I doubt in the body and floor pans. talked with a Chrysler guy at hershery and he said the say thing. I would suggest that you contact the Airflow club of America. rich Hartung desoto1939@aol.com From an article in Hemmings, re Chrysler Airflows..."The Airflow's body was developed in conjunction with engineers at the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co., and Budd eventually supplied many of the Airflow's stampings. To keep production costs in line, Airflows were designed to share many common major components, making parts swapping among cars possible to some degree today. No one is stamping out reproduction body panels for Airflows, so your best bet is to locate the best car you can find or hunt up a parts car. The flat sections of the Airflow's floors are made of wood, so restorers commonly replace rotted sections with 5/8-inch-thick marine-grade plywood, painted black, Librenjak said. Common areas for body rust include the rocker panels near the running boards, the rear trunk area (on cars with either the inboard or outboard trunk) and, occasionally, the lower cowl where the fenders and doors meet."...Supports Don's reference in post #2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertKB Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 From an article in Hemmings, re Chrysler Airflows..."The Airflow's body was developed in conjunction with engineers at the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co., and Budd eventually supplied many of the Airflow's stampings. To keep production costs in line, Airflows were designed to share many common major components, making parts swapping among cars possible to some degree today. No one is stamping out reproduction body panels for Airflows, so your best bet is to locate the best car you can find or hunt up a parts car. The flat sections of the Airflow's floors are made of wood, so restorers commonly replace rotted sections with 5/8-inch-thick marine-grade plywood, painted black, Librenjak said. Common areas for body rust include the rocker panels near the running boards, the rear trunk area (on cars with either the inboard or outboard trunk) and, occasionally, the lower cowl where the fenders and doors meet."...Supports Don's reference in post #2 As mentioned earlier, I have seen wood in a '37 Chrysler Airflow with the straight 8 engine and overdrive. Car belonged to a club member who would drive it regularly and he is the one who showed me the wood in the floor pans. It surprised me, too, but I could tell it was done at the factory and not a patch job as the above quote verifies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinsailor Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 From an article in Hemmings, re Chrysler Airflows..."The Airflow's body was developed in conjunction with engineers at the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co., and Budd eventually supplied many of the Airflow's stampings. To keep production costs in line, Airflows were designed to share many common major components, making parts swapping among cars possible to some degree today. I'm already finding that this statement is pretty far off - not much is the same. My 36 is a 1 year engine, not much is even interchangeable with other years of Airflows! Even the wheels have a different bolt pattern. 5 on a 5" circle, like the 3/4 ton pickups of later years. I am talking to Airflow club menbers and they are a great source of info. I'm lucky that mine runs, drives and stops and has no rust. So at least I gt to use it as I improve it, not spend years trying to get it fixed enough to take a drive. If it shows up Tuesday, I'll have a license on it and drive by Wednesday. I'll post pictures once it gets here, as there seems to be some interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbound Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Here are a couple I saw at a swap meet earlier this year....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbound Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 2 more pics of the 4 door....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Airflow's at the WPC meet this past summer... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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