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 ruckus
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 posted on February 13th, 2006 at 08:58 PM |
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rust repair: grafting body metal
Just looking at how much it's going to cost to get the repair sections for my '54 bug and started thinging about the shell I've got in the
driveway. It's a '74 standard and I'm wondering if things like heater channels and firewalls (sections forward and after doors) can be cut out of a
later model car and used on something as early as a '54?
I'm assuming the guage of metal is different and think I can remember this being a bit of a no-no?
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| posted on February 13th, 2006 at 09:17 PM |
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The later sills are a completely different in detail
Pay your debts, CxxT
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ruckus
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| posted on February 13th, 2006 at 09:44 PM |
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Ok but could you cut out templates and use relatively flat sections?
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| posted on February 13th, 2006 at 09:47 PM |
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rob,i've got left and right heater channels already cut out,off a 63 $80pair
your welcome to hack into the body parts i've got for firewalls etc for nothing
cheers
mark
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| posted on February 13th, 2006 at 09:51 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ruckus
Ok but could you cut out templates and use relatively flat sections?
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In my experience, if a sill has rust anywhere, it has rust everywhere. Try and get some complete sills from a rust-free 50s/60s car; or new
replacement sills. Is it a resto?
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| posted on February 15th, 2006 at 08:57 PM |
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Mark you're a legend. I'll probably take the heater channels but I'll suss it out properly and then get back to you.
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| posted on February 15th, 2006 at 09:01 PM |
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no problem rob
whenever you're ready
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