Greetings all,
Ash is perhaps the preferred wood due to high strength and low weight when
cured. But unless you plan to race your Morgan and ultra lightness is
required, I would suggest white oak. The oak is very close to the same
strength as ash, but a bit heavier, BUT it is much more rot resistant.
White oak has been used for boat frames from the earliest days of American
and European boat building. In addition to boats, American car
manufactures used oak in the frames of their cars and the beds of trucks
for many years. John Blair also made a suggestion worth repeating. Epoxy.
You must have relatively solid wood first. Use a penetrating epoxy
applied over many hours so to ensure that it soaks into the deepest pores
of the wood. Follow this us with some regular epoxy to strengthen it and
to permantly seal the wood. If one could start with a new bare frame, and
saturate it with the epoxy prior to installing the panneling and making
sure the panneling was properly primed and painted inside before installing
on the wood, then you would end up with a Morgan body that would last a
long, long time. Cheers
Elton
Elton & Jane Wright
Roanoke, Virginia, USA delicate@rev.net
1967 Morgan Plus Four Tourer
1973 Land Rover 109 Regular w/Pickup cab
1961 Land Rover 88 Station Wagon
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