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| posted on 9/4/04 at 06:16 AM |
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Internal panneling
well i'm getting to the point where i need to be thinking about paneling the inside of the car.
what i'd like to do is use thinner hardened alu internally, as i figure it'll be a little lighter and more kick/dent resistant.
any thoughts and what grade should i use?
cheers
alex
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spunky
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| posted on 9/4/04 at 09:29 AM |
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I started panneling my interior with ali sheet simply 'cos I set myself the brief to build a no compromise lightweight racer.
I fancieg a chequer-plate floor, but found it a pain to get nice clean edges where the panels met, also requires a lot of fasteners. So changed my
brief and used 6mm marine ply covered in vinyl. Only need a few well placed button heads and it made a cracking job and no nead for any carpets or
mats.
I realise I aint building a locost 7 but it does have a ST derived chassis.
John
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Peteff
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| posted on 9/4/04 at 09:29 AM |
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Why bother? You are just adding weight unnecessarily for cosmetic purposes, it doesn't add to the strength.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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spunky
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| posted on 9/4/04 at 09:48 AM |
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Thats very true Pete, the chassis is fully panneled in hard ali, bonded and close rivitted on the outside so it's pretty rigid.
To be honest when I took the project on it was just something to gve me a bit of interest (bored engineer and all that) but it started to come
together really well so I thought sod it, lets have a 'nicer' interior.
Same reason I fitted a full dash rather than the pushbike speedo I originally intended.
John
[Edited on 9/4/04 by spunky]
[Edited on 9/4/04 by spunky]
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 9/4/04 at 10:08 AM |
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I panelled about halfway down the footwells with the same ally as the bonnet etc, and covered it with vinyl , it's got to be more comfortable on
your sides + it gives some kick resistance, dont want internal kicks showing on the outer panels.......................see them at:
http://www.groovy42.freeserve.co.uk/mylocost.htm
[Edited on 9/4/04 by Surrey Dave]
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