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

[Frank DuVal]

Like Tony, I have had the pinch from my arm laying over the door and 
quarter gap. And the cars were not rusty!

BTW, if the weight of the engine is past the rear wheels, the gap opens 
when the rockers give way, just like a VW Beetle convertable does.

Frank DuVal

J R Read_HML wrote:

> 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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