Chuck, I can't help you with body pannels, other than the before
mentioned post re Vic Brit.
On the color, are you keeping the car, or planning to sell it. If you
are going to keep it, it's your car so paint it what ever you want.
With more hp, enlarging the exhaust pass through holes, and welding a
pipe will give you room to run a true 2.25" exhaust, without criming,
and strengthen the frame.
The area aroiund the front connections of the rear springs shoiuld be
checked for cracks and then reinforced with gusset plates.
I also added a plate on top of the front frame rails where the bolts for
the crossmember go through the frame, and then seam welded the front
frame rails. The panhard rod connections is also an area of cracking
and needs a look see.
There is an excellent article from Tom Hall re the front crossmember,
and how to weld and reinforce this part of your car.
Good luck.
Larry
PS - What were the estimates for a shop doing the work. Private email
me if you wish.
Chuck Keding wrote:
>
> I have finally started my tiger restoration (mk1a). After the sticker shock
> from
> getting ground-up-body-work-to-show paint estimates, I decided that I would
> persue doing the panel replacements myself, as I did this on my 55 T-bird.
> Before asking questions, it needs the following body parts due to rust
> and/or
> damage (I'll try to be brief):
>
> both outer rocker panels (the inners seem to be ok so far)
> the fore and aft sections of the front and rear fenders adjacent to the
> rockers
> the right half of the trunk floor
> spare tire well
> front valence panel (ain't that one expensive!)
>
> I have the following questions to post:
>
> Does anyone have a good valence panel (or any of the other panels from Rob
> Martel) that they didn't use and would like to sell reasonable?
>
> When replacing the rocker panels, do I need to flex the door openings to
> open the door gaps so that the load afterward closes up the door gap?
>
> or
>
> do I weld them in with the door gaps as desired?
>
> I am planning to have over 300HP under the hood so I am a bit concerned
> about the frame strength. Are there any additional frame strengthening
> suggestions inside the rocker panel area or elsewhere?
>
> What are your paint recommendations? (I've used lacquer, acrylic enamel,
> urethanes, base coat clear coat and epoxies)
>
> The color of this car was originally paint code 100, which I believe is
> mediterranean blue. No offense to owners of this color car, but it's just
> not one I would have picked. How much does the value of the car suffer if I
> change it to:
>
> a) another of the "original" tiger colors?
> b) a "non-original" color?
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Chuck
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