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From: faidon
Category: Technical
Date: 02 Feb 2004
Time: 22:11:16
Oh i see.So it is better to find new old stock, because here in greece, tinmen are not so delicate at tin work.I had some bad experience from several different tinmen.And the reason for wanting to change the wing is because of a tinman.A car hit me at the back side, and distorted the right wing. The tinman instead of doing a proper job and unbend the distorted metal, he used tons of filler(!). The result was that moisture penetrated filler and rust did its job. I removed the filler, and i saw that rust had cut metal on the center of the arch.5 cm long.If i find the photo i will post a link to watch. I have closed it with fiberglass now have smoothen it and i am ready to spray it.But this is a temporary solution for the next 3 years. After that i am willing to change : (sit down) both rear wing AND the boot floor.Maybe i am asking too much. Boot floor does not have rust, but alas as i saw it is quite distorted as i concluded after removing the 120 kilos of filler (tinman strikes again). Then i would like to change nose cone.(a car hit me while reversing...unbelievable story, and straightening the nose cone with the hammer is indeed a difficult job - again filler (the magic object) ), and the front left wing.I tend to believe that left wing may have rust on the upper arch. Very interesting what you said.I did not know that MK2 had inferior metal quality comparing to MK1.And the lead loading method was interesting too. English is not my native language, so i suppose that lead loading means that they applied patches of metal pieces in order to reduce the gaps at joints among panels ???!!!Fascinating!Especially those 6 inches of jaguar bonnet! Even with todays technology, some suppliers can hardly provide people with accurate parts.Let's hope that this will change soon, because new old stock will not be the always solution as the stock is not inexhaustible! Thanks again for this useful information Alan. Regards Faidon
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