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| | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 438 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 438 | Guys I am going to make some small patch panels for my 49 burb that are not available on the aftermarket. I know I have seen the sheet metal gauge on here before but my search came up empty. What is closest metal guage thickness that I should be looking for at the metal store?
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 | My guess is 16 or 18 gauge. Since your replacing some of the old anyway, why not take a cut out sample to the store?
Give me ambiguity
or give me something else
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | It is my understanding that the majority of the sheet metal was 19 gauge and some structures were heavier where needed. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 785 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 785 | Your typical sheet metal (body panels) should be 19 ga cold rolled steel. This is hard to find in some areas, and some steel suppliers won't get it unless you buy in bulk (many sheets). If you can find it locally in small qtys, count yourself lucky. But with the steel manufacturer's trying to cut costs, as everyone else does these days, in many cases you will find the 18 ga CRS (which is more readily available) is rolled to the lower end of the tolerance in sizing, and if so it shouldn't be too much thicker than the 19 gauge and thus a suitable replacement. Floor crossmembers (structural stuff) will likely be 18 or 16. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 438 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 438 |
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