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Posted by Chriscase on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 16:22:17 :
In Reply to: Re: Carryall and panels were WWII only. posted by David Sherman on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 15:55:45 :
The pinnacle of wooden construction is modern boat building. Wood-composite. I did a lot of it in my custom furniture business, either bent laminations for strength and curves, or vacuum bagging curved 'panels'.
On Steve's, I would have done bent laminations for the cowl and the long roof headers. Saves lumber and labor, since you build up just enough material you have less shaping to do. I don't know that they didn't.
But I think if I wanted a woody PW, I'd start with an M-37, and make a squarish one, ala the Model 'T' era, rather than the curved 40s-50s design. Just personal taste.
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