Major reconstruction of a 1936 Bentley Saloon by Mayfair

[Jaroslav]

I was recently with one man in the workshop. He had a very old car there - valuable. I was looking at his work. I saw that instead of wood, the door was filled with metal. On my question why? He said literally, a cough on the wood, there is a lot of work ...... and for the money he gives me what he wants .....
When I see how you have to chop the forest and drive out the worms .. Beautiful work.
This dismantled wood beautifully and inconspicuously burns even after hours of leaving the workshop. I did not believe it was possible.

[Kevinb71]

James I am in awe of the dedication and skill that are going into this car. If I can ask, what is a Drophead coupe? Watching this progress. Thanks for your time to share.

[Marc Bourget]

I had the same question and solved it with Google.

"1924 Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe"

[Charlie Myres]

Drophead is the English name for a convertible; confusingly small convertibles such as Morris Minors, were called Tourers,

Cheers Charlie

[jhery]

The cowl vent was fabricated out of brass and the gutter system is cast aluminum. It had two 1/4" countersunk screws holding it to the frame work. They dimpled the cowl vent on either end for the screws and for some reason there was a 1/2" hole right in the center which I soldered a brass patch in. I tinned all the part to be soldered and mounted everything together and then soldered the screws and the patch with silver bearing solder. when that was cool I leaded over all of the low spots and removed the frame from the vent and soldered the brackets on the backside.
I used hot water to clean the acid off and glass beaded the whole vent, reassembled and filed the top straight. The two wood stringers were cut and everything was fitted.

[Steve Hamilton]

Looks gooo Jim!
Where there is a will there is a way!

Thanks for sharing.

Steve

[cliffrod]

Looks great, Jim. Did you have to pattern and cast the aluminum gutter as well or were you able to use an existing piece?

[Gojeep]

Really enjoyed learning the way a timber frame vehicle goes together. Thank you for taking the time to share it.

[jhery]

It has been a few years since I have posted anything on this car. Unfortunately the owner had an accident and was killed so the family has decided to finish the car so I will start posting more photos of the progress.

[jhery]

Reconstructing the wood and bracing on rear section of car