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BrookvilleRoadster THE ORIGINAL BODY OF STEEL Products Catalog MADE IN AMERICA 2 0 1 4 Thanks for your interest in Brookville products . The beginnings for Brookville Roadster were laid over forty years ago much like the start of other street rodding businesses. Ray Gollahon was just trying to support his own car hobby and make some sheet metal parts needed to restore his own car. As a career metal worker and an avid Model A and ‘32 enthusi - ast it was a natural start. The first year, at a 1972 swap meet event he and his wife Donna sold out all of their patch panels and components the first day. After working many nights and weekends in their own garage, the success of the metal parts led to the creation of Antique Auto Sheet Metal, Inc. For the next two decades that company produced literally thousands of much needed replacement parts and body panels for both the collector car market and street rodders too. 2 Real Steel Made In America For Over 40 Years The Brookville Team Of Real American Steel Workers, Fabricators And Office Staff It is a testament to the quality of and will interchange with the orig - Editor In Chief, Brian Brennan the products and the foresight of the inal parts they are replacing. recently built a beautiful red ‘29 road - founders that after forty years not How good are they? We won’t ster which you can see on page 7 of one part number or product pro - name names, but cars featuring this catalog. duced has ever been discontinued. Antique Auto Sheet Metal and In 1995, we turned our attention to The goal all along has been to main - Brookville bodies and parts have the grandaddy of all hot rodding, tain control over every possible step won their categories at the Amelia the leg endary 1932 Deuce Road - in the manufacturing process. Island Concourse and The Model A ster. Perhaps no other car in Amer - Steady investments in the kind of Club of America! We had to finally ican history has meant so much to machinery, technology and skilled confess in the latter case because performance enthusiasts since the craftsmen required to produce these it was just to prove the point. day it was first produced. The beau - components has resulted in un - After more than twenty years of tiful lines and rodding legacy are matched manufacturing capabilities continued customer loyalty we had etched into the minds of rodders of and award winning product quality. another great idea. Since we already all ages. In producing this body, we Our own reproduction 1932 Ford had all the separate components to knew the stakes were high. Three Window door latch you can repair any Model A roadster and road - Over the two year research and de - see on the next page is an excellent ster pickup, why not complete re - velopment we studied original cars, example of just how far we can go to place ment bodies? Thus, Brookville consulted original blueprints and produce the most accurate compo - Roadster, Inc. was born. Starting talked with everyone who could nents for our customers. Virtually with what we knew best, we first in - help us produce the most perfect every part of this complicated yet troduced our 1928-29 Model A road - reproduction body possible. In reliable latch system must be made ster and the 1928-29 roadster pick-up 1997, all of our efforts were re - by our crew. Over twenty individual complete bodies in 1982. Soon after warded with the National Street Rod pieces must be machined, stamped came the 1930-31 bodies and then Association’s “Best New Product of or turned to the original specs be - our exclusive extended cab versions The Year” award. And more impor - cause they simply no longer exist of the roadster pick-ups. The Model A tantly, the Brookville ‘32 Roadster from any supplier. This latch set is continues to be a major part of our has been in constant demand by the representative of every part we man - business and has remained popular country’s most respected street rod ufacture. Each panel, door, deck lid with restorers and rodders alike. In builders since its introduction. and fender is equal to or superior fact, Street Rodder Maga zine’s Continued - 3 Made In America always produced, only the most origi - nal, most authentic, and most accu - rate body possible in the belief that the details and lines from the past are the reason these cars have remained popular for over eighty years. In 2004, we took our next giant leap. Beyond the iconic ‘32 roadster, the handsome ‘32 Three-Window coupe is one of the most popular cars ever pro - duced. Originals are more rare today than roadsters and for everyday cruis - ing or long distance tours, the Three Window makes great sense. But manufacturing this car would be our greatest challenge yet. Many more en - gineering issues appear with a closed Before Brookville, the only choices for get price at the expense of thorough car and we know modern rodders ex - street rod bodies were original sur - engineering and manufacturing princi - pect twenty-first century fit and finish vivors, with all their years of wear and ples. Brookville started with, and has in their cars. The first step was to tear, or fiberglass reproductions. It completely digitally scan one of our has been argued that the rodding own well preserved original cars hobby would not be where it is today using state-of-the-art OEM quality without the fiberglass option. The digitizing equipment. costs to tool-up for a fiberglass body This level of accuracy uncovered the is a fraction of that to manufacture a inconsistencies in even the highly full steel structure and the relative prized original cars. To manufacture ease of finish-out made them an at - the best possible reproduction body, Every Part Our ‘32 tractive alternative. Today, due to ris - Three Window Door the variables needed to be eliminated Latch Assembly Is and soon the solution was clear. We ing material costs, fiberglass is not Precision Made In that much lower in cost than a steel Our Own Shops then decided to create a huge one- reproduction body. Plus, the retained value of steel bodied cars has now proven to far exceed the initial invest - ment difference. And now, after many years on our own, there are others trying the steel body business with varying results. However, there are clear differences in those offerings. Some have “en - hanced” or representative body lines and contours. And some others make changes targeted at buyers used to OEM driving. And naturally, some tar - 4 937.833.4605 www.brookvilleroadster.com The All-Stee l TM Pioneers The Year. Then again in 2006 the which incorporate a roadster style fuel Three Window received our second tank and 3 Window rear frame horn EXCLUSIVE DESIGN! NSRA Best New Product of The Year, covers with a custom chrome spreader plus the Goodguys 2006 bar. Check them out on page 49. Product of The Year and Our company story is a group effort. Hot Rod & Restoration We are proud to have a talented and Magazine’s 2006 Product of The Year! Our newest creations include a piece stamping of each entire side of full fendered version of our ‘32 Ford the coupe body. This assured that Roadster Pickup, a fender and bed each car would have the exact same package to build a ‘32 Ford closed cab door clearances and would greatly truck (seen on page 5), and we have strengthen the body structure during become exclusive Eastern U.S. distrib - final assembly and finishing. The process is modern but the resulting body is accurate right down to the bracing, wood and that complicated door latch we mentioned earlier. We like to believe our ‘32 Three Win - dow is the Deuce Henry would have loyal team of craftsmen that under - built if he’d had more time. Ford pro - stand the mission of our company. duced over 700 cars each day in 1932! Some of our team have been with us A remarkable achievement for the for over 25 years. Our sheet metal time. To meet today’s quality foreman joined the company as his requirements, we invest over 100 very first job and has been with us for man-hours in hand finishing each over 30 years. Brookville coupe, even after all the utors for some cool Australian-made This is not work for amateurs. The stamping, forging, machining and trim - ‘28-’29 Ford closed cab truck bodies products are complicated, the accu - ming are completed. We think the re - (see page 23). To make our full fend - racy is critical and the machinery can sults speak for themselves. Our 1932 ered packages easy to finish and more be unforgiving. Our team delivers their Three Window Coupe was crowned stylish, we have engineered com - best and we are happy to be able to the 2005 SEMA Best New Product of pletely new pick up beds and fenders say “Made With Pride In America”. Continued - As many of you know, the Brookville team and the Gollahon family recently suffered the great loss of our founder and mentor, Mr. Ray Gollahon. We appreciate the kind words of support and the great memories expressed by all of our friends and customers. We are adjusting to the loss but will continue to fulfill his vision. Ray’s vision and skills made a major contribution to, and raised the quality standards of, the antique auto and street rod hobbies throughout his life.