I am not sure about the old chevy but my other old truck a 50 foorrdd pu
is mainly 19 gage. I have enclose a url for sheet metal gage there are
plenty more and what I found funny is theat they are not all the same
when compared but close. Ed ke6bnl So. Calif.
http://www.evergreen.edu/biophysics/technotes/fabric/sheet_metal.htm
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 21:15:00 -0800 "laurieandmike"
<lauriecorbett@ns.sympatico.ca> writes:
> what gauge metal is used in the bed sides of my 56 chevy truck?
> i am going to order metal and the thinest i can get is 4x8 sheet of
> 16 or 18
> gauge
> please let me know
> mike
> also if anyone is interested in a custom sign with there name and
> truck or
> anything out of 1/8 metal and powder coated let me know
> mike
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
> 1959
>
>
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Ed ke6bnl@juno.com ( 1950 f1 & 1963econo pu
Agua Dulce Ca. 91390 70 chevy S/B) 1948 Ford
F3
So. Calif. 70 mil N.Eof Los Angeles 1953 Chevy pu 3100)
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