Modern body shops frequently use two part epoxy to glue these panels in place without the worry about warping from the heat of welding. These glues are designed for the task and apparantly hold up well. Your local body shop supply store will have them.
Alan '50 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup Denver ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike & Inez Plucker To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [old-chevy-truck] Patch Plates Jim; Try Chevy's of the 40's, located in Vancouver WA. I have used "Patch Panels" and would prefer them over making my own panels. Usually the panels are over size for the rust, so just cut the rust part out and trim the panel the fit the hole with no clearance between the old and new, then weld together a little bit at a time. Using a tig or mig welder. Make short little tacks scattered over the patch so that you do not create warping in the panel. If you don't have a welder and grinder and other experience do like me and farm it out. :o). Mike 50 3100 Hello All. I recenty picked up a 1949 1 ton long box. It has some cancer and a friend told me about "patch plates". Anybody out there have some experience with them, good and bad, they would like to share? I live in the Northeast of Washington, so if you could share some of your collective knowledge and experience I would be very grateful. Thanks much! Jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.4/936 - Release Date: 8/4/2007 2:42 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
