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| gisound |
 May 17 2016, 07:01 PM
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Getting ready to start cutting out rust and making patches! Those of you that have done this yourselves, what are the metal thicknesses on the longs? Are the inners and outers the same thickness? Also, are the "doubled areas" the same? Wish me luck bringing this one back!
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| gisound |
May 19 2016, 01:36 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 15-February 06 From: Prosperity, SC Member No.: 5,584 |
The reason I asked the question in the first place was I had read thru a lot of the rustorations on here. And was trying to get an idea for what I would need to look at. I've seen widely varying thicknesses used on a lot of these longitudinal repairs. People have used anywhere from 18ga. (.048") up to 11ga.(.121")! I certainly hope there aren't any restorations riding around on large patches in the structural areas made from 18 ga. or worse yet 20 ga! The reason I say this is I was able to dig into the car some today and put a micrometer on the outer clamshell area of the longitudinal and it measures .0745". on clean bare metal. Thats 14ga. almost twice as thick as 18 ga! I haven't been able to dig into the thickness of the inside "doubled" areas as of yet. But will report back when I get there. And I agree RD makes excellent parts for replacing a lot of these pieces, I'm sure I'll be using some myself. especially when I get to the floorpans!
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gisound Longitudinal metal thicknesses May 17 2016, 07:01 PM
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Getting ready to start cutting out rust and makin... May 17 2016, 07:13 PM
gisound
Getting ready to start cutting out rust and maki... May 17 2016, 07:28 PM r_towle 19
You cannot buy that, so 18 or 20
Thicker for t... May 17 2016, 07:13 PM OU812
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You cannot buy that, so 18 or 20
Thicker for ... May 17 2016, 07:25 PM r_towle Most of it is 19.
It's a metric thing guys.
W... May 17 2016, 07:27 PM 76-914 Generally speaking; 18 & 20ga, 18ga if it is s... May 17 2016, 07:31 PM DirtyCossack I'll speak from experience, other than smallis... May 17 2016, 08:01 PM whitetwinturbo :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: May 17 2016, 08:17 PM r_towle I would be interested to see where you found 11 ga... May 19 2016, 01:39 PM gisound
I would be interested to see where you found 11 g... May 19 2016, 01:51 PM |
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