On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 21:35:56 -0400, "Joey Tribiani" >
wrote:
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>"Remco" > wrote in message
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>> On mine, there's a gap between this lip and the tunnel. Is this lip
>> part of a plate that's welded along the bottom of the tunnel? Or is it
>> something welded along the edge of the tunnel?
>>
>
>the "tunnel" or "spine" is a two piece unit through the car...the upside
>down "U" shaped part is welded to the bottom plate...there should be no
>gap...the bottom plate is, as you speculated, wider than the upside down "U"
>shaped part so the pans can be attatched to it....sounds like you have a
>project ahead of you, but honestly rust repair is easier than collision
>repair, so if the car is, so they say, "straight" you will be okay....you
>seem to have a good attitude, so go for it....
>
Something like this for a cross section. The horizontal *straight*
lines are the pans, the other two parts should be obvious. This is a
quicky sketch so please excuse the messy appearance.
http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...elxsection.JPG
This is basically a proper assembly of everything I have disassembled.
There is space in the picture to give definition, not because there is
supposed to actually be space between the pieces.
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