Stainless steel body work, practical?

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

There was a 7 style car at Stoneleigh this year, with ALL of the bodywork made from ali, including the nose, he said the nose was made in 3 sections, but you couldn,t see a seam or where he,d smoothed the joints, it did look stunning,
could really appreciate the man hours the builder had put into it, was quite a crowd puller too.

cheers
andy

I guess this will be this one



Took that photo at last years Stoneleigh show & I must say, it is a real work of art
Spent ages talking to the builder ( Probably bored him to tears !! ) That is craftmanship of the highest degree & is a great credit to the bulder.

The car is also featured in the book .... Very much suits my personal taste & very much the way I would have liked to go with my own build.
Would have loved to have had a crack at it, had my father still been alive, I would have had the confidence to give it a crack .... He would have kept me on the straight & narrow, that's for sure

Steve

I had a look at the Robin hood's, as Mr H said, the stainless is very thin & looked to be .7mm at the most.
Also agree with Phil, best left alone if you do not have access to the right fabrication equipment, certainy be difficult to get a quality finish using diy tools.

That said, the stainless look works for me.

Stainless sheet can be bought pre mirror polished, the trick is, keeping it looking that way during the fabrication.
Once done, it is more or less maitainence free, just keep on top of the polishing to keep it gleaming