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Old 11-22-2018, 03:29 AM   #13
dracko
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Re: New to bodywork, suggestions, and advice

I just finished up inner/outer rockers, pillars, cab corners, door skins, lower fenders, kick panels and some other random spots that were rotten.

The overlap, scribe and cut to fit method works pretty good. but I also had good luck overlapping the panels a couple inches and then screwing them together with self tapping metal screws. Then you cut through both at the same time with a thin cuttoff disc and the panel fits perfect with a nice weld gap. And helped with test fitting. Test fitting is crucial. If you’re going to do cross bracing( highly recommended) weld the braces in a location so that you can still hang the doors and test all your gaps before welding in the rockers and floors.

You have a lot more welding experience than I did when I started so as long as you take your time and do lots of test fitting you won’t have any problems.
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