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joemac
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Back in the mid-nineties, I had started a database of sheet metal thicknesses of various models of AC VWs. I lost it all when that PC crashed.
I remember realising that the Bug body sheet metal thickness had decreased eight times between 1949 and 1973. I remember at one point, Bus sheet metal was .042" and Bug of the same year (67?) was .036". |
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djkeev
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Mike Fisher
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"A" Pillar Door hinge pillar
Factory metal
20 Gauge
.0375
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i sort of thought the factory would use a european measuring standard like 1mm, not 3/8". i measure mine at just under .040, which makes sense since 1mm is .0394, but then mine is a bus. are bugs a different english thickness? |
Probably true but I'm not in Europe, I wouldn't be able to locally purchase a 1mm piece of sheet metal for any amount of money. .001 is .001 no matter where it is measured. It is also very easy to convert thousands of an inch to mm.
Also note what I said in my initial post, I used the thickness gauge pictured, I used a "go, no go" method of sizing and reported the "go" size as the thickness.
1mm = 0.0394
0.1mm =.0039
inches X 25.4 = mm
mm / 25.4 = inches
also a handy to read chart, print it out!
http://mdmetric.com/tech/cvtcht.htm
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I just printed out a MARYLAND METRICS. It Does take all the guesswork/calculations out of Metal Thickness. 
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subyvan
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Who is know a steel thickness at the driver side floor and front passenger side floor on the Vanagon?
I'm not find a repair parts, but want to buy a sheet of metal and put patches.
Does anyone used 1mm sheet steel on a patch for the body, such as side panels, doors corners?
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bvolks
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Does anyone have the thickness of the frame of a '71 Doublecab? I seem to recall reading somewhere that it is 12 ga but I would like to be sure.
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noahtibbetts
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Started the mini-restore on my '64. I was gonna do the full with media blasting and complete body repair but that's a lot out of the price range. So I bought some replacement sheet metal parts to fix the bad areas, i.e. door pillars. Can anyone help me find some sheet metal for front quarter panel area. it's just in front of the door pillars as seen in the picture. Thanks in advance!
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beetlenut
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Started the mini-restore on my '64. I was gonna do the full with media blasting and complete body repair but that's a lot out of the price range. So I bought some replacement sheet metal parts to fix the bad areas, i.e. door pillars. Can anyone help me find some sheet metal for front quarter panel area. it's just in front of the door pillars as seen in the picture. Thanks in advance!
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You could just get some 18-20 gauge sheet steel and fab up you own repair panel. Just save that bottom anchor nut to use in the new piece. Or start with something like this, and use of it what you need. http://www.eisparts.com/EIS-1038L/Front+Wheelhouse...g%27s.html
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noahtibbetts
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| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Sheet Metal Thickness & Gauge, Quality of Repair Panels |
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Thanks beetlenut!!!!!!!
I feel like I have searched just about every site and yet there is another one. |
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