Jonny-Jimbo Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Good morning all,I have some rust repairs I need to do to a bonnet and body tub I have - of course it's mainly the arches that need work, and a small patch on one floor.Can anyone tell me what gauge of steel the Triumph bodies were made from? I want to try to make the repairs as invisible as possible by flush welding them in rather than overlapping. Anyone know? I have been told 20 gauge, but I want to get a few more opinions before buying any steel.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piman Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Hello Jonny, I would also say 20 gauge, 18 for structural sections, as a general rule.Alec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Cheers, thanks for that. Not structural welding, so 20 gauge it is I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 JonGet hold of an old roof or such like of similar vintage to what needs mending.Steel will be the same composition with a bit of luck.If not, Dexion shelving (the uprights complete with holes are good for chassis or inner sills)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Cheers Colin,When I was at Ginetta I did re-purpose some Disco 1 inner wing to be steering rack mounts on a Custom we were building. The shapes were exactly when I needed.In the end I have bought a 2x1m sheet of 0.9mm steel which was fairly cheap and will be posted directly to my workshop, so ready for me to chop up soon! I'm not too keen on re-purposing old panels when it's going to be on show as you have to do so much cleaning up work it's not worth it. On the steering mount, it was hidden behind the dash so could just leave it in Disco white from where it was cut from the donor.I enjoy fabrication work, so if I need to hole-saw stuff to make it suit my purposes I enjoy that. I also have a sheet metal guillotine now so can just chop away to my hearts content! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Quoted from Jonny-Jimbo I enjoy fabrication work, so if I need to hole-saw stuff to make it suit my purposes I enjoy that. I also have a sheet metal guillotine now so can just chop away to my hearts content! Yeah me too. My metal cutting I did with my many grinders and a good pair of Gillbows But have been away from my trade and this stuff so now cutting with Gillbows is far too hard on my nice soft clean weak hands. SOOOO to get back into this stuff I have just bought myself a portable hydraulic hole puncher with a very comprehensive set of dies. A set of dimple dies for use with said hole puncher (might start fabricating roll cage gussets to sell on ebay) but my first hole and dimple projects is to lighten FURTHER my two alloy Kirkey race seats), a plasma cutter, a guillotine and a Very heavy duty small (2ft) pan folder so my folding over pieces of angle are now over.Laurence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 What hole puncher have you got, sounds like it could be very useful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 It is actually a set currently on ebay at £47 free delivery. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Indu.....3:g:mj4AAOSwm8VUx1uF Chinese OBVIOUSLY but I bought a secondary set of dies, none duplicated from a German seller. Still a really good cheap comprehensive piece of kit.Laurence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 That's good value.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Quoted from Nick Jones That's good value.Nick Yup impressive but even more so with the extra dies but they were near the same price as that kit. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1316.....e=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AITLaurence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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