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Re: [Healeys] Fender Refitting Question

To: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>, <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fender Refitting Question
From: "Mark LaPierre" <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:07:47 -0400
Thanks to Rich C.  and others who chimed in on my  "tapped plate" question.
And yes,  a picture tells a thousand words, it was right there in Andersons 
book.
And a big thanks to Gary,   "what a book".

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
To: "Mark LaPierre" <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net>; <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fender Refitting Question


> Mark,
>
> The tapped plate can be clearly seen in the Anderson/Moment book, upper 
> left picture on page 92. It is fastened through the forward most hole by a 
> 1/4"NF x 5/8" flat head Phillips screw, the head being inside the cockpit 
> (lying flush) and the shank coming out through the body metal, the shroud 
> flange, the fender flange and into the 1/4" NF tapped plate. When the 
> screw is tightened from the inside (before the cockit moulding is fitted) 
> it draws all these layers tightly together.
>
> Rich
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark LaPierre" <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 8:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fender Refitting Question
>
>
>> Rich,  I have a bad case of Healey confusion.    My old disassembly pics 
>> show one of the  old plates still attached to the inner fender well on 
>> the car, after removing the fender.  What is the order in which this 
>> plate goes on.    Does the small  1/8 th inch screw come from the inside 
>> of the car, through the fender and then into the plate?
>>
>> Thanks a bunch,   Mark
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
>> To: "Mark LaPierre" <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net>; <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 10:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fender Refitting Question
>>
>>
>>> The tapped steel plate is about 1" x 3" and therefore will pull the 
>>> inner flange tightly closed against the body, spreading the load evenly 
>>> and keeping the flange flat. This is a critical and more difficult area 
>>> to obtain a nice closed seam, and the plate will allow that to happen.
>>>
>>> Rich Chrysler
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