thedawnpatrol Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hi Guys I am just about to start working on replacing a rather nasty plywood cab floor in a Morris CDSW. I know that they had plywood in the war, but would they have used it, or should it have been planks of solid wood? If so, what wood, Pine or hardwood ? Your thoughts please. Jules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 From my limited knowledge on the subject I would have thought solid wood. Pine was harvested from my area of the country for the war effort, but I would have thought ply being less cost effective. As in the case of most vehicles, wouldnt they have just got what they could have got their hands on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakey985 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I am currently working on a Vickers Medium which has floor board,floor, cross hatched. The wood is a tight grain and has lasted since 1926 or there about's but is not heavy like hard wood. I hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 If it's any help, on my Wartime Ford vehicles, they used Beech for the wooden bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I would have thought beech or ash , both quite close grained light (in colour) hardwoods. Ash usually used for constructing frames but also for floors . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 Yes, Thanks guys I agree with all, solid timber boards, not plywood. At that time, 1920's-30's -40's, a lot of pine was used, this was called 'Pitch Pine' not available today though, it was a very close grained timber and used for everything like floorboards, doors, windows in the building trade. I am sure that it was used for the early timber GS rear bodies too. The nearest we can get today is Columbian pine, so this is what I will use. Thanks for your imput. Jules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I am just about to start working on replacing a rather nasty plywood cab floor in a Morris CDSW.I know that they had plywood in the war, but would they have used it Jules, they did use plywood during the war. I have personally seen two Morris´ with plywood floors and they were original! Hanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Hi GuysI am just about to start working on replacing a rather nasty plywood cab floor in a Morris CDSW. I know that they had plywood in the war, but would they have used it, or should it have been planks of solid wood? If so, what wood, Pine or hardwood ? Your thoughts please. Jules My Ford WOA2 has plywood for the tool box cover and some small bits of flooring, but the main rear floor is beech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Jules - if you have anybody dealing in archiectural salvage near you it might be worth an enquiry for pine flooring . We recently did a pretty big floor for a customer and the boards apparently came out of a Telecom workshop , good thickness , decent quality and planed and sanded up nicely. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 The only floor type I've seen on various Morris' , CS8 and PU, have been planks or boards .. never seen a plywood floor .. but who knows what they used in time of need. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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