Acid dip will remove undercoating and paint which will make the spot weld
locations easier to see. It will not loosen the spot welds. One of the
most difficult parts of panel replacement is figuring out where all the spot
welds are under coated surfaces. Typical rust repair on an MGB shell would
be floors, rocker panels and rear fenders. If the rust has penetrated the
main frame sections, rear suspension mounting points or tunnel then you are
probably better off with either a better or new shell. Add up the costs of
new fenders, door skins, trunk and repair panels. Then take a critical look
at repair costs and abilities. If the shell is badly rusted check this list
for better condition shells that are about to be crushed. It is very sad to
see repairable shells going to the crusher in rust free areas that would be
saved elsewhere.
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan and John Roper [mailto:vscjohn@iamerica.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 1999 5:05 PM
> To: Lec089@aol.com
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Body panel replacements
>
>
> I'm hard to surprise, but the idea of an acid dip that will cut the
> welds gets there. If the acid dip will do that, you will have very
> little left toput together, and it would not be worth doing. By the
> way, i wouldn't stand too close to the vat. John
>
> Lec089@aol.com wrote:
>
> > When I posted before about buying a Heritage Body Shell
> > to replace my body on my 72B a few people suggested
> > that its really not that hard to do it yourself and that you
> > will take more pride knowing you did it yourself.
> >
> > I have also read several posts on another list of all the
> > problems getting everything (sills) back to specs. Any
> > one know any good books on rebuilding the MGB body
> > shell? Any suggestions?
> >
> > Someone suggested taking the body in for an acid dip.
> > They said that this will loosen all the welds enough to
> > take the unibody apart and then its just a simple matter
> > of spot welding the parts back together. That sounds
> > simple enough, but things are never as simple as they
> > seem...
> >
> > Harry
>
>
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