The main thing with the Kilmartin Sheet metal is that it fits.
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Sep 17, 2012, at 11:05 AM, David Lodge wrote:
> I'm just starting the restoration of my BJ8. Recommendations for
> sheet-metal,
> if you'd be so kind; usual Healey stuff, floors, sills, rockers, B
> posts. I
> have noticed that there is quite a price difference between the
> Moss prices on
> some items and Kilmartin. I appreciate that the Australian
> products have to
> travel further! Thanks to all.
>
> --- On Sun, 9/9/12, Roland Wilhelmy <rwil@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> From: Roland Wilhelmy <rwil@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Source for Outer Sillls
> To: "Mike Tobin" <ahbt71@gmail.com>
> Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Sunday, 9 September, 2012, 23:35
>
> I used Kilmartin outer sills on my BN1. They were fine. They
> have
> them for six cylinder Healeys, too.
>
> -Roland
> BN1
> San Diego
>
> On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 18:04:55 -0400, Mike Tobin wrote:
>
> ::Back to the BT7 after way too many years.
> ::FINALLY got both door openings perfectly aligned and the inner
> sills welded
> ::on.
> ::Somehow found myself with two right-side outer sills. One went
> pretty
> ::slick with no modification (my welding sucks).
> ::Went looking for a left side sill and found that Lynn Cline (whose
> ::structure parts were first class) is no longer in business. Got
> one from
> ::one of the smaller places and it's just not as good as Lynn's. I
> can
> ::probably cut and beat the thing into submission, but I'd rather
> not have
> ::to. Even then the radius of the crease where the sill meets the
> lower edge
> ::of the door is not as sharp and the indentations at the ends
> where the
> ::finders overlap aren't deep enough for the fenders and sill to be
> flush
> ::with each other.
> ::Anybody have any suggestions on a source?
> ::It might partly be the piling on of the tolerances - one door is
> almost
> ::3/16ths narrower than other.
> ::
> ::Cheers,
> ::MIke Tobin
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