"Jordan, Bruce" wrote:
>
> List,
> I'm replacing the driver's side rocker panel on a '71 GT-6 Mk.3. I
> have the body shell removed from the chassis frame (stripped out, w/o doors,
> w/o back hatch), suspended on a wooden work support. My question: Is the
> GT-6 body shell, in this configuration, rigid enough that it is safe to cut
> off the old rocker panel, weld on the new panel, and still expect the body
> shell to go back on the chassis frame with correct body alignment (all the
> bolt holes line up)?
>
> Robert B. Jordan
> '71 GT-6 Mk.3 KF770L
Robert,
It is highly recommended that you either have the body on the frame with the
doors in place or else brace the door openings with some sort of steel
brace when replacing the rockers. Otherwise you will have all sorts of door
fit problems.
Joe
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