good evening y'all
1965 needs some minor body (relatively speaking) and structural work done, the structural frame work, looks straight forward and not beyond my meager abilities, but of course questions arise.
framewise, during the repair process, if a rusty section of the "frame" is cut out, then stresses exist and the frame/body will "flex", and unless the frame /body is locked into position beforehand, i can only suspect the post repair alignment will be in error. so the question is "how do i lock in the frame/chassis/body so no misalignment flex occurs"? it seems to me, that this "lock in" has to be very precise, is the answer many many jacks, kind of all tightened up so the weight and stresses are spread out or?????????????????????
also, do you just overlap the "frame" repair patch (seems a lot easier) or accurately cut both the "frame" and patch and then butt weld it in??
regarding the body work, including the infamous rocker panels, realisticly speaking the work that needs to be done is not the equivalent of what many other site-members have had to do, but i am not all real hot about doing this, and truly, this sort of work does not interest me in the least (actually it is about as welcome as a poke in the eye with a sharp stick). so,,,,, what do i look for in a repair shop? there are not exactly a lot of shops in the chicagoland area that have done a lot (or little) of pantera work. should i supply "secondary market pantera parts" (the only replacements that maybe necessary are the rocker panels, and not in their entirety), or should i let the shop make their own replacement panels?
lastly, i still can't figure out how that english wheel works!!!
prospectivly speaking "happy birthday america-have a great 4th of july".
nazgul
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