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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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| r_towle |
May 19 2016, 01:39 PM
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I would be interested to see where you found 11 gauge because I think that is either doubled up, like the seat belt area, or a previous owners handiwork.
These cars are made from sheet metal...several layers, but mainly not, just single layers. Rich |
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| gisound |
May 19 2016, 01:51 PM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ May 19 2016, 11:39 AM)  I would be interested to see where you found 11 gauge because I think that is either doubled up, like the seat belt area, or a previous owners handiwork. These cars are made from sheet metal...several layers, but mainly not, just single layers. Rich Rich, I measured the outer clamshell bottom at the drain hole(s) (it is a single layer here) as well as the inner forward area of the inner long (inside the cabin- well away from the seat belt mounting hole) near where the heater tube exits up towards the dash area. Both of these areas on my car are definately original and not patched or molested in any way. These areas both measure .0745 +/- .003". Thats 14ga.(1.9mm) sheet metal. I'm fairly sure this was probably 2.0mm metal before I cleaned and sanded it to get to bare metal for measurements. My comment about 11ga was in reference to some of the restoration threads I've seen here. All of witch are great by the way! Have learned a lot! Blair |
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gisound Longitudinal metal thicknesses May 17 2016, 07:01 PM
OU812
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 gisound The reason I asked the question in the first place... May 19 2016, 01:36 PM |
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