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Alu Sheet - Sanity Check
I've seen it on here before somewhere but i was wondering if someone could just refresh my memory. How many sheets of Alu do I need to panel out the car - I am currently thinking of for all bodywork I need -
1 Sheet of 2mm - Floor 2 sheets of 1.2mm - Sides Upper Side Infills Rear Tub Transmission Tunnel Sides Transmission Tunnel Top Passenger side footwell Seat Back Scuttle Bulkhead and shelf Steering Column Cover Fibreglass Nose Bonnet Scuttle Front Wings Rear Wings Does that lot seem to make sense. Am I right in thinking 2 sheets will cover all those bodywork sections? Cheers Dave
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That's what I've used, and it's worked out fine. I did use leftover 2mm to do the rear bulkhead behind the seats otherwise there wouldn't have been enough 1.2mm. Hope that helps
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That's what I've used, and it's worked out fine. I did use leftover 2mm to do the rear bulkhead behind the seats, otherwise there wouldn't havebeen enough 1.2mm. Hope that helps
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did all of mine with 3 sheets of 1.5mm 8x4 in size
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Thanks Adrian & Ash
Will get ordering - think I will go with 3 sheets of the 1.2mm to be on the safe side. Cheers Dave
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I had originaly bought 3 sheets of alloy, 1 X 2mm & 2 X 1.2mm .... Ended up going for another sheet of 1.2mm
Mind you, I did use the surplus 2mm for the fuel tanks I made Ohhh, I also cocked up a piece of the 1.2mm doing the back panel No excuses for that cock up !!?? .... Too much of a hurry & didn't think it through properly
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Cheers Ronnie
3 sheets of 1.2mm ordered. No need to worry about cocking up - I made my new alternator mount up tonight. Spent ages getting it all setup and tacked - only to then offer it up to the engine and find I'd welded the backplate on back to front Quick un-tacking with the chisel and all is now well. Just need to finish weld and take a lunch-time trip to Halfords tomo to get a fan belt.
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Glad I am not the only one Sometimes, even I can't believe how silly some of the cock up's I make are .... At least I can blame my age
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Hey Dave
Make that 4 sheets Numpty here took the wrong datum point from the side panel drawing Cut the blanks at 408 mm instead of 438 mm !!?? I still have one of the original sheets I bought left. If I use that, it'll mean I will have to do the seat back panel in two pieces instead of one but hey ho, I guess that'll not do any harm !! Blooming knew that job would go pear shaped if my head was not in the right place
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