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Originally Posted by brucepick
This project shows amazing craftsmanship. Thank you.
How did you attach the panels along the sides - at the rocker panels?
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Hi Bruce,
I originally used mild steel fasteners in all locations, and they work fine, until driven in the winter with salt on the road.
Since then, I switched to stainless fasteners where possible.
The rocker panels still have mild steel plaster board screws. Each year, I have to pull these out, and either replace with new, or coat them with anti-seize paste.
Fastener rust is the biggest issue I have with the underbody panels and tail.
Speaking of rust, part of tail is held on with 1/4-20 x 4in bolts, and some of these rusted enough over the years, to break off when attempting to tighten slightly. I had to remove the tail to replace all the mild steel bolts with stainless.
Hopefully this summer I will get the chance to completely sand down the tail to get all the lumps out and then repaint it with a color that matches the car. The lumps came from using light-weight spackling as filler, and expanded when the sun heated up the surface in the summer.
Jim.