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Re: rocker panels
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Tobs
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I have a set of Mike's rockers sitting in my basement. I can post a pic at a later time. Also bought some other stuff from him which I was happy with. Nice guy.
The rockers are good heavy steel, but are also not *exact* replacements. These cars have a smooth radius curve on the rocker, and I guess Mike bends these with a bender, and makes a series of steps to produce the correct overall shape, but instead of a nice radius bend, it is like a octagon side. So I guess some body filler would have to be applied to make them look fully original. If there is no rust under the bondo, and it's primed/painted properly, I wouldn't expect any problems down the road.
Still debating on doing my body work here in germany or sending to Poland where labor is cheap.
Regards, Mike

Posted on: 2009/11/17 16:14
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Re: rocker panels
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greg limbaugh
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can you post some pitchers

thanks greg

Posted on: 2009/11/23 8:37
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Re: rocker panels
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Took a while, but here are some pics of the rockers.
The material weight seems up to packard standards, although not zinc plated. I think they are pretty good reproductions.

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Posted on: 2009/11/29 3:47
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