Metal guage

["Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

 No I used calipers.  The problem is that with paint on one side and 'stuff'
on the other, i can't get what I consider to be an accurate reading.  I'm
sure this is documented somewhere.  I'm confident that the 57-66s are 19 or
20 guage with the once piece front caps on 61-66s being heavier.

KerryP
Patch panels fabricated
Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx
dte.net/57imperial
Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 64, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300 and a
bunch of lesser marques
----- Original Message -----
From: kenyon wills <imperialist60@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Metal guage


> Dumb question (maybe you addressed this?):
>
> Did you use a sheet metal gauge?
>
> I bought 22 gauge for the 1960 panel repairs that I'm doing and got my
> metal from a scrap heap next to the metal shop's cutting machine.  The
> metal shop guy had a circular 3" Diameter thin metal disc with radially
> arranged slots cut into it of varying labeled sizes.  The gauge's slots
> were slipped over the edge of the metal till the right slot was found to
> fit.
>
> This would be the reverse of a feeler gauge, I guess.
>
> No moving parts, so should be really cheap.
>
>
> -Kenyon
>
> P.S. - The segment of 1960 Imperial that they tested said 20 gauge and was
> from a single wall quarter panel near where it was rusted, but the sample
> that was measured was un-rotted and accurate as far as I know.  I went to
> 22 so that I could form it more easily with my rudimentary experience and
> it seems fine for smaller patches.
>
>
>
> > > Does anyone have any literature that talks about the actual guage of
> > > metal used on the bodies of Imperials?  I tried to measure the
> > thickness
> > > but cannot tell if it is 20Ga or 19Ga.  Pretty sure it is NOT 18 Ga.
> > >
> > > KerryP
> > > Patch panels fabricated
> > > Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx
> > > dte.net/57imperial
> > > Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 64, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300
> > > and a bunch of lesser marques
> > >
> >
> >
> >