[Tigers] 1966 SUNBEAM TIGER CONVERTIBLE 31500

[Jeffery Randall]

These rockers were indented at the upper part near the bottom of the door,
not in an offensive way but not stock by any means. Who ever bought the car
will know soon , it will not be simple to make it stock again, if they even
care!
    Jeff


On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Cullen McCann <cmccann1972 at gmail.com>wrote:

> thats right...good point Tom. I have seen that as well. I cut up an alpine
> one time that got its sheet metal parted out. There is the curved outer
> rocker, the straighter inner rocker and there is a sheet metal core within
> it of similar profile. the distance from the core of the rocker to the
> outer skin is very close. also gives a person a real appreciation for how
> water gets trapped in bad places.
>
> Cullen
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Thomas Witt <atwittsend at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > This particular car has custom rocker panels that are concaved for pipe
> >>>> clearance.<<<
> >>>>
> >>>
> > Having replaced my outer rockers (and one inner rocker) I can say that
> the
> > two come rather close together (1/2" or so), especial near the front,
> lower
> > edge of the inner.  And, even at the greatest distance at the top of the
> > rocker sill there is only about 1" to 1-1/2".  So, it kind of leaves me
> to
> > wonder just how much concave they got (seems like a lot of work for
> little
> > gain)? Or, if there was any compromise of the inner sill?
> >
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