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Old 12-21-2020, 10:57 PM   #1
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My '31 deluxe delivery was in pretty good shape other than the top where the roof wasIt ah rusted bad under the fabric and everything above the drip rail had to be replaced. Due to the poor condition, I was not able to observe how some of this went together, notably where the roof panel above the door meets the quarter panel above the drip rail. Were these sop welded together perhaps??. I bought the panels above the door for the sedans that are available and just deepend them vertically for the DD but the lip that would butt to the quarter panel is quite small, >1/4". Not big enough to put bolts through so how is it to be assembled??. Also, while I'm at it, wit regards to putting the body back on the frame, do I put the green woven fabric on the frame under the splash apron and then the rubber pads under each body bolt?. I know that the old rubber pads were stuck to the wood rails but am unsure about the area of the splash aprons.
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Old 12-22-2020, 09:29 AM   #2
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I will see what pics I have of that area. Yes, they were spot welded. Send me a PM by sending an e-mail and I will forward pictures that I have. Posting here will likely drop the resolution too much.
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Thanks to bob Johnson. photo's on his site, other vehicles,http://www.modelahouse.com/cgi-bin/pictures
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Thanks to bob Johnson. photo's on his site, other vehicles,http://www.modelahouse.com/cgi-bin/pictures
Thanks for that. Doesn't show the area that I need but does show that I created myself a WHOLE lot more work. When I extended the panel above the door, I added the sheet to the wrong place so now I have to cut it all apart and rebuild . Oh well, better to find out now than after it's all done.
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I will see what pics I have of that area. Yes, they were spot welded. Send me a PM by sending an e-mail and I will forward pictures that I have. Posting here will likely drop the resolution too much.
So I guess it's safe to assume that the piece above the door is spot welded to the 1/4 panel before the 1/4 is hung on the wood skeleton?. I'm thinking to have both pieces installed separate, placed correctly then spot weld where i can, then remove and finish the spot welding and reinstall??.
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