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Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

Posted: March 23, 2022, 9:03 am
by Robin
Looking for videos of shaping the rear body panel especially around the upper and lower corners of the locost, caterham super seven?

Re: Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

Posted: March 24, 2022, 1:35 pm
by Miatav8,MstrASE,A&P,F
I don't know of any videos like that. There are a number ways to do it.

Are you trying to roll the skin around the tubing?

Re: Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

Posted: March 24, 2022, 8:46 pm
by Lonnie-S
If you have the Chris Gibbs book on the Gen 2 version of the Haynes Roadster, you'll find some instruction on pages 92-93, but it's not extensive. You'll at least see the tools.

Cheers,

Re: Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

Posted: March 25, 2022, 9:03 am
by TooBusy
No video, but I did shoot a series of pics and post to Locost 7 Builders page on fb. Now you'll have to look a ways back 7/13/2020 to be precise I did a multi pic segment on forming around the cockpit arches.

6/29/2020 I did the same for the rear panel.

Re: Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

Posted: March 25, 2022, 9:59 am
by Lonnie-S
@TooBusy

Do you have time to repost here? There are probably a lot of us who don't use Facebook.

Cheers,

Re: Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

Posted: March 31, 2022, 7:04 pm
by mainlandboy
Fast forward to 3:14 in the following video for some tips on shaping the rear panel around the curved tubes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhYmafA4lTI

Re: Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

Posted: June 7, 2022, 12:17 pm
by skippopotamus
I was able to cruise through the pics in TooBusy's posts even after I logged out of Facebook.

Side:
https://www.facebook.com/Locost7Builder ... 6966694057

Rear:
https://www.facebook.com/Locost7Builder ... 6483263439

Thanks TooBusy!

Re: Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

Posted: June 9, 2022, 9:41 am
by Lonnie-S
@skippopotamus

I go a "Must log in to continue" message when I tried to view them.

Cheers,

Re: Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

Posted: June 11, 2022, 4:24 pm
by skippopotamus
Yep. Lonnie, I was able to replicate what you're seeing by deleting cookies and cache. It'll prompt you without some unknown to me cookie in your browser.
BUMMER!