Comments on: Body work 9: rusty rocker remediation begins

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:00:24 +0000

Have you tried Heinbrand and OKP?

Matt

By: Carlo

Carlo — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:16:14 +0000

Hello Matt,

thank-you again for your answer. I phoned Afra but they answered they do not have such parts for SS. If you have some other sugegstions, thank-you.

Carlo

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:55:22 +0000

A good body man/metal worker should be able to make them. I have a pair of outer rockers that came from Afra. Did you try them?

Matt

By: Carlo

Carlo — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:37:34 +0000

Hello Matt,

Thank-you for your answer, but Biondi doesn’t have sills and rocker panels for SS. I don’t know where to find them.

Carlo

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:37:20 +0000

Check: http://www.biondilamierati.com/catalogo/alfaromeo

Matt

By: Carlo Tossi

Carlo Tossi — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:29:26 +0000

Hello Matt,
I am looking for lower sills and rocker panels for a 1960 Giulietta ss? Do you know if I can buy them somewhere?

Thank-you for the help

Carlo
Italy

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:14:11 +0000

If you want. I could use the dough.

Matt

By: alex

alex — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:11:21 +0000

maybe you can tackle the 69!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:16:31 +0000

Evan,

Thanks for dropping by. I’ll give Russ a call.

Thanks,
Matt

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:11:44 +0000

Thanks Laurence, At this rate I’ll be showing up for Chinese food in the SS by seasons end.

Matt

By: Evan Wilson

Evan Wilson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:01:11 +0000

Dear Matt: You don’t say in your post whether you rebuilt your rocker panels the way Bertone designed them or redesigned them to drain better. I thought I’d seen Russ Baer’s drawings of his redesigned rocker panels (to correct Spiders’ “traditional weakness”) somewhere in the literature recently, but guess I’m mistaken. Someone may have saved copies out there. They probably appeared in the Capital Chapter’s newsletter, “Alfantics,” or the “Owner” while I was editor (1970s). The “Owner” ran something about rocker panel rebuilds in its Jan. 1963 issue, but I wasn’t editor then. In my book, I wrote superficially of Russ’s modifications (at 147): “He decided to eliminate the open water traps at corners of bent-up sections original to the Farina design. ‘The basic problem,’ he says, ‘stems from a design intention; complex structures of lightweight members provide superior rigidity and super traps for moisture. These members rot from the inside out.’” No matter which Giulietta is involved, based on my admiration of Russ’s improvements, to forestall future problems, I advise that the rocker panels be redesigned whenever a rebuild is indicated.

By: Laurence

Laurence — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:39:06 +0000

Go Matt Go,
You are on your own road to creating anything you want! I concentrate deeply while welding and enjoy it very much, and love loud rock-n’-roll while doing it.
Your Fan,
Laurence