Al,
When the panels are replaced, you will find areas that are inaccessible when
the car is fully assembled. These areas can be primed ahead of replacing the
panels. The inner rockers can be fabricated easily from 12ga. Galvanized
sheet and welded in place of the originals. The outer rockers are stamped
and need to be purchased. It is true that some of the primer and some of
the galvanized is burned off when the new panels/rockers are installed but
for the most part, I thought it was worthwhile. The car on the rotisserie
was transported on a car trailer about 35 miles but was strapped down pretty
well. By the way, most of us have had quality problems with Victoria British
but their Sunbeam body parts are top notch. Another source in the UK is
Randy Willett. Willett581@msn.com . Some guys on the list recommended him
recently and he is probably the source for the VB parts. Robin
-----Original Message-----
From: Al Fudge [mailto:AFudge@airtest.us]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:52 AM
To: Robin Young; Al Fudge; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Tigers] The real reasons I wanted to post
Robin,
Great comments! I will be needing to locate someone who can
professionally replace several panels, but I had been considering the
blasting before the panel replacement. I may have to reconsider that.
You moved it to the blaster on the rotisserie? On a car trailer? I was
going to build a body cart out of unistrut for transportation purposes.
The paint info is great.
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Young [mailto:Robin02@mindspring.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:35 AM
To: Al Fudge; 'Al Fudge'; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Tigers] The real reasons I wanted to post
-----Original Message-----
From: Al Fudge [mailto:AFudge@airtest.us]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:56 AM
To: Robin Young; Al Fudge; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Tigers] The real reasons I wanted to post Al,
A really good body guy installed eight body panels on my car while it
was on the rotisserie. Afterwards, we hauled it to the bead blaster on
the rotisserie and used the ceramic beads to remove paint and rust to
bare metal. The beads just moved the undercoat around. It took chemicals
and rubbing to remove it. Tim Ronack coached me through the paint
process and pointed out steel from this era was very prone to rust. New
bonding primers, (he called them wash primers) chemically bond to well
prepared steel and protect the steel better than the building primer
that goes on next and makes the building primer adhere better so
moisture cannot cause rust under paint as was the case originally. The
undercoat you asked about is actually only stuck to a one step factory
paint. RObin
Robin,
Two engine stands is an idea I hadn't thought of. Makes sense. The
undercoat has been bothering me; would the blasting remove it
(apparently not) and what is it hiding? I was advised by Larry
Atkisson, after he looked at the car, to sell the it and buy another one
to avoid the repairs (he was very diplomatic about it). I was unable to
sell it, and decided instead, against his better judgement to attempt to
have it repaired. After all it is a Tiger and I have always wanted one.
We'll see how it turns out.
Al
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