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I am planing on doing some sheet metal repair. I need to know the gauge of sheet metal for the floor pans, running boards, fenders, and also the cab(someone cut a perfect hole two thirds up on the cab to the right of the drivers side door) THank You
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Last edited by Kevin Mienke; 03-05-2010, 08:15 AM. -
Get both 16ga & 14ga, you'll use some of each, the thickness on the cab can vary due to the way the metal was formed, your floor pans & running boards Should be 16ga but some places on the cab & fenders can be as thick as 14ga. For Butt-welding thin sheet metal I find it helps to back the area to be welded with some heavy copper buss-bar. This allows me to turn up the juice on my welder for good penetration with out blowing holes in the sheet metal.
Keep Hammering!
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Klemm,
Jens has some good suggestions.
On my '52, the floor was 14 gauge, and the rest of the cab was closer to 16 gauge.
I posted on another thread about recreating the corrugations in the floor pan using heat and sections of pipe.Comment
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Docdave ,
I love the home made swage block & forming die set, proving once again, tools don't make a man , a man makes the tools ;) well done sir.
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Thank you,
I got the general idea from a video I watched several years ago on sheet metal work made by two older guys.
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