Bud, our local British Car Club had a demo put on by one of the suppliers to
body
shops in our area. This demo was for a product that was used by body shops to
fasten metal together for new cars that welding would not be appropriate for.
While
there must be many cars running around with this stuff, we all agreed that we
would
still weld whenever possible. (fear of technology?) That being said, it
apparently
does work very well!
I have just completed a total rebuild of my body tub that involved replacing
some
of the metal in quarter panels by butt welding in new metal. While it was time
consuming it was not a huge job all things considered and it really does look
better and makes previously weak panels strong again.
I would really like to see long term testing of "glued" panels in all weather
conditions before trying it on something like our TD's especially in an area
with a
fair degree of moisture like we live in (or for that matter in areas that have
large variances in temperature)
Brian
Bud Krueger wrote:
> Here's one for you ---- My basket case 52TD, known as Arby (Rust Bucket) has
> some areas where the body metal has completely rusted away. As some you may
> already know, the TD has a wooden body framework that the tub (body) skin is
> attached to. Removal of the metal from the wood is a task that one wants to
> avoid, if at all possible. There are some areas where I'll need to add some
> steel to replace rust in non-stressed areas. Welding it in is gambling on
> setting the wood on fire if I don't remove the panels completely.
>
> It dawned me that we have some amazing bonding products out there
> nowadays, and things like JBWeld, etc. Anybody have any experience,
>knowledge,
> of just thoughts about the possibility of using a bonding substance where one
> might otherwise weld? TIA.
>
> --
> Bud Krueger
> http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> 52TD
> 77MGB
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