yep, i've replaced 5 out of 6. on the series three. (or "Sills" as we call them round these here parts!)
>I have a picture in the SAOC
>owners guide that shows a cutaway of the rockers on a Series III. Someone
>also had a rocker cut through that they had, but I do not know what Series
>it was off of. The SAOC guide shows three layers: the outside, the inside,
>and one that forms an "L" and runs throught the center. Yet the one I had
>in my hands had two square tubes running through the "L" piece.
"two square tubes running through the "L" piece."
I can't visualise what you mean by this, but i've never seen anything like this in various alpine restoration articles /photos, nor on my own car.
hows about an ASCII sketch?
[SNIP]
So, it seems to me that
>they identified a problem of flex that they were trying to address. So,
>does that mean I shouldn't go with the Series III body?
>
[SNIP]
I think rootes added a structural member / "outrigger" between the front-most rear spring hanger and the inner sill / B-post bottom section. its about 6" square, at the front/bottom of the inner wheelarch It's on my Ser III, but not on earlier cars, I think, i.e. not on ser II. This was probably due to body flex problems. (a guess) Maybe ser 1&11 owners couldn't shut their doors after a year or two.? any ser 1 owners got this bit?
the central sill/rocker on my III was a plain-faced L cross section (in 2mm steel), originally, and on the replacement, although I had to remove a small section at the rear to make it fit behind the ser III B post. I don't know if they changed the B-post design for the IV or V. the ser 1 and 11 *A*-post is different from later series cars.
sorry for not replying earlier, i thought you were talking about engine valve rockers. (or sylvester stallone films)
>Jay
>'67 Bentbeam
Andy & "rusty" the '63 straight-beam ;-)