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Unread post by rickf » October 29th, 2016, 8:49 am

They were never made to fit over the original rails. The original rails were supposed to be cut off and then the replacement welded on. The reason for the larger size was to get the flanges onto clean metal.
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Unread post by lpcoating » November 1st, 2016, 5:35 pm

CMD update! The bead roller should be here by the end of the week. I've never used one before so we'll do some sample rear fender supports as we might have to add material to compensate for the bead work. Also, dug out the NOS dash that I've had (Thanks Buddy!) here for well over a year as the bead roller gives us a way to accurately manufacture this part. I made one for my A1 so the design work is basically done. In the attached pictures I've laid a piece from my A1 over the NOS dash (I'll assume it's an A2) as I wanted to see if the bead and offset are the same. They match up pretty good so looks correct to me.

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We'll make a die set to match the profile. Already had the part scanned!

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Unread post by lpcoating » November 1st, 2016, 5:39 pm

I also sent the weld fixtures for the A2 rear side panels out to the water jet today. Should see some test parts soon.

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Unread post by Hambone » November 1st, 2016, 10:29 pm

Well, it looks better than I thought after UPS got through with it. :x

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Unread post by Husker » November 2nd, 2016, 4:10 pm

Glad you have made it to A2 parts
I need like a whole rear end......
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Unread post by lpcoating » November 3rd, 2016, 5:55 pm

Fixtures for the A2 rear side panel - fresh off the water jet this morning. I'll weld up a set over the weekend and see how they turn out.

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Unread post by rickf » November 3rd, 2016, 7:22 pm

Sorry, did not get out to measure dash this morning. Headed out to get micrometer and got sidetracked and never made it out there. Will try again tomorrow morning. Mic is till sitting on table.
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Unread post by lpcoating » November 15th, 2016, 9:34 pm

Been playing around with the bead roller. Not real impressed with the test pieces and the bow I'm seeing. Going to try a sample of material designed for deep drawing. Have never used this type of material so not sure what to expect.

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Unread post by lpcoating » December 6th, 2016, 9:15 am

First set of A2 rear side panels:

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Unread post by fergrn37 » December 6th, 2016, 6:40 pm

Ooooo...pretty!
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Unread post by lpcoating » December 14th, 2016, 5:40 pm

Part update: Making (6) sets of A2 rear side panels. Also have the straight 151 rear fender supports at the laser and the A1 passenger side is at programming. Not impressed with the bead roller we bought as I'm now being told that the metal in the area of the bead needs to be hit with a plenishing hammer first. Funny they didn't say that when I purchased the roller. Thinking about modifying the tooling to compensate for the bow. We'll see...

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Unread post by rickf » December 14th, 2016, 8:43 pm

Send it back and design your own! But keep in mind that the original panel was done in a stamping press.
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Unread post by lpcoating » December 15th, 2016, 8:33 am

rickf wrote:Send it back and design your own! But keep in mind that the original panel was done in a stamping press.
I purchased the bead roller as it can be used for other parts. Was hoping to have a tool that is not locked into one set of parts. Live and learn I guess.

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Unread post by Husker » December 15th, 2016, 11:11 am

Any progress on A2 rear panels? I'd be cool with an a1 panel without the rear blackout light hole
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Unread post by lpcoating » December 15th, 2016, 11:40 am

Husker wrote:Any progress on A2 rear panels? I'd be cool with an a1 panel without the rear blackout light hole
We've made (and have) the A2 rear panel. I still need to make the rear cross member. Also have the A1 without blackout light - It's the straight 151.

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