[Roadsters] rocker replacement

[Joe Russo]

I too grafted replacements from a donor  car.  In my case, had to separate the outer rocker from the inner by drilling out the spot welds. 

At one point, I owned two NOS outer rockers. I sold them a while back. They fit from behind the front fender to behind the rear quarter panel.  There are a few buttresses, especially around the jack hole. You have to remove the front fenders, rear quarter (at least the lower dog log in front of ten rear wheel well. Drill out the old spot welds and then weld the new rockers in...if you can find some.  

I have two replacements sections that contain the jack hole plug and the buttresses. They are about 10 inches long. Yours for shipping.


Thanks,

Joe

On Mar 29, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Dave Sommers via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Jack plug is a decoration until you are on the side of the road in BF nowhere and you only have the issued jack!  Just have to use standard jack very carefully and not let the car roll ending up with a dented door. 
> 
> However the jack plug hole is more difficult to reproduce than a smooth panel.  Either way a rocker is a lot of work to repair and make look nice.  Years ago I just grafted one in from donor car.  That's the easy method. 
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> Dave Sommers
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> On Mar 28, 2015, at 22:24, "Graeme S. via Datsun-roadsters" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> The outer skin is spot welded around its perimeter to the inner sill vertical panel.
>> The outer skin has a compound curve in it from front to rear.
>> The jack plug can be retained but in all practicality, it is just a decoration.
>> I have retained mine but they are non-functioning since basically I hate the very idea of using them to jack up the car!
>> Regards,
>> Graeme S.
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>> On 29/03/2015 00:43, davesmbox--- via Datsun-roadsters wrote:
>>> Hey list
>>> Has any one done the patch panel rocker replacement? My 1600 has been patched too many times.
>>> Is the old outer skin tacked welded on? or fully welded? Can the replacement be spot welded?  Are the front and rear edges straight or rolled? how do you finish them?  Jack plug? do you loose it?
>>> Thanks Dave
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