At 08:32 PM 6/30/96 -0500, BOB NOGUEIRA wrote:
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> My biggest worry was that I would find that some of the wood had
> rotted and would need to be replaced. Turned out the wood is all
> very sound.
If you come across any bad wood you don't necessarly have to cut it
out. I used the West System Epoxy when I restored my car (ref the
Tech articles on SOL's tech page). The lower front edge of the
rear fender arches was rotted away. I made a dam out of masking
tape, and added some filler to the epoxy. It made a great repair.
Since you have the wood exposed, I'd suggest you seal it with some
thing. I epoxied all the wood in my car. Another thing I did as
to place a bead of silicon calk on the inside of the quarter panels
where the fender comes up past the wood. This way nothing can get
between the wood and the metal.
> Found a smaller shop which will sell me any size I need and charges
> cost. Additionally he has no problem doing little jobs like rolling
> and breaking . I real find, in that to date I have not had anyone
> with big sheet metal tools available.
Keep on their good side :) I have a shop similar to that here. They
have been doing a lot of the fabrication of the sheet metal parts
for my Bricklin at a very reasonable price.
Looking forward to the next installment
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (804) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
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