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Old 20-11-08, 04:14
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jim

It's not my place to tell you how to do things....but 12 gauge is very heavy ..it's well over 2mm thick ....you may have to get it shaped to the correct profile on a heavy roller machine .

As David pointed out with his pictures , the rear fenders are thinner than the front ones ...which are about 16 gauge or 1/16" in the old system .

With the wire edging .. I used some 3/16" brake pipe and I soldered it along the edge of the 18 gauge sheet ..I filed it down to a round edge and it looks acceptable .

I know of a guy here who also made up a 1A1 body and he used 1/8" steel for the tailgate and other parts like the tool lockers ..but the original tailgate is actually 1.2mm or 18 gauge . The heavier steel also adds a lot of weight to the body... like driving around with an extra 2 cwt on board.

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