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Re: Body panel replacements

To: Lec089@aol.com
Subject: Re: Body panel replacements
From: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:05:07 -0600
I'm hard to surprise, but the idea of an acid dip that will cut the
welds gets there.  If the acid dip will do that, you will have very
little left toput together, and it would not be worth doing.  By the
way, i wouldn't stand too close to the vat.  John

Lec089@aol.com wrote:

> When I posted before about buying a Heritage Body Shell
> to replace my body on my 72B a few people suggested
> that its really not that hard to do it yourself and that you
> will take more pride knowing you did it yourself.
>
> I have also read several posts on another list of all the
> problems getting everything (sills) back to specs.  Any
> one know any good books on rebuilding the MGB body
> shell?  Any suggestions?
>
> Someone suggested taking the body in for an acid dip.
> They said that this will loosen all the welds enough to
> take the unibody apart and then its just a simple matter
> of spot welding the parts back together.  That sounds
> simple enough, but things are never as simple as they
> seem...
>
> Harry




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