Anyone used the longitudinal outer clamshells on a street car?, Time for hard choices |
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Anyone used the longitudinal outer clamshells on a street car?, Time for hard choices |
Superhawk996 |
Mar 22 2020, 06:46 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,877 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Curious if anyone has use the outer longitudinal clamshell reinforcement on a street car?
Did you have any unforseen down stream effects to other panels like the door jamb, or the rocker panel? Also thickens the upper flange and I'm wondering if this will cause fit issues later with the door stripping, or maybe even the cosmetic sill plates. Starting to seem like this might be a good idea for race car prep but probably not ideal for just trying to fit up replacement sheetmetal and still have OEM fits. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) I'm not in love with the additional weight either. I can keep mocking up additional pieces but thought I'd see what the collective wisdom of the forum knows. |
914Sixer |
Mar 23 2020, 05:46 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,897 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Look at Restoration Design set up, tight fitting, going to use on my car.
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Superhawk996 |
Mar 23 2020, 06:32 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,877 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Look at Restoration Design set up, tight fitting, going to use on my car. Yup, I have that part. Although it is pretty "tight" in the sense that the contours match the outer longitudinal sheetmetal, it still adds 0.050" - 0.060" of metal thickness to the up standing door flange. I need to dig out some of the costmetic welt that covers this and see if it will still fit properly with the extra metal thickness added into the door flange. Same for the sill plates. |
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