<VV> who has info on making/welding braces on LMconvertibles forrocker panel replacement

[Cliff Tibbitts]

The same day I bought my 66 Coupe, I looked at a 66 Corsa vert.  I loved it
and would have bought it, except both doors were touching at the top, then I
noticed the welds in the door support area, (pillars?)  Anyway, it broke my
heart because I really wanted a convertible.  Maybe, someday.  

Cliff Tibbitts
Lexington, KY

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From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of J R Read_HML
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:06 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org; Tony Underwood
Subject: Re: <VV> who has info on making/welding braces on LMconvertibles
forrocker panel replacement

Tony,

It is turning into a "flexible flyer".  You need to do something before it 
breaks in half - probably replace or repair the stiffeners inside the 
rockers.  If those rocker stiffeners are shot, there is not much holding the

front and back together.  After enough flexing of the floor pan, it is just 
going to let go from metal fatigue.

I can easily open and close doors on both verts while on jack stands.  A 
buddy has one up right now undergoing restoration.  He purposely left one 
stand shorter than the other 3 just to be able to demonstrate the integrity 
of the body.  No problem with the doors on that one either even though it is

really sitting on only 3 stands.

Later, JR

'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140 (times 2 for now - but expected to change soon)
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Underwood" <tonyu at roava.net>
>
>
> More than once I've had my left arm pinched enough to make me go "Damn!" 
> while aggressively backing out of a driveway unevenly, rocking the car as 
> it rolls onto the street.    I avoid laying the arm across the door gap 
> when I'm turned to the left to watch while backing up...   last time it 
> left a blood blister under my upper arm shaped like a grain of rice. 
> Made me start thinking of ways to stiffen a late ragtop without resorting 
> to a 6-point rollbar.
>
>
> tony..

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