Barry and list, I have not had the work done but did have a quote on it
once from Kevin Allen. He wanted $700 in labor to do the job. Which at the
time I thought was astronomical but now I think is probably cheap. I
started doing this job and made it half way through before finding a better
spit. Defineately a hard job, that is not for the weak at heart.
Patrick Bowen
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Schwartz [mailto:bschwart@pacbell.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 11:27 AM
To: Jeff McNeal
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: R/R rusted floorpans
>Thanks for the straight dope. The sills and rockers were replaced by the
>previous owner ten years ago with galvanized steel and appear to be (knock
>on wood) in great shape, I'm happy to say.
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I would be interested to find out where he got them, as I have never seen
them advertised from any supplier, and welding already galvanized metal is
mediocre at best (unless you grind off the galvanizing or follow specific
procedures and fixturing, which kinda defeats the purpose) and can be
dangerous as well (emits poisonous gas when the zinc vaporizes during
welding). Usually most, if not all galvanizing is done AFTER the welding
process -
As far as cost, I really have no idea - never had any body work done by a
shop :-) maybe someone on the list has had it done and can give you a
better idea. How about it, any listers had this done, and what was the
cost? Jeff might like to know -
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)
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