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

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

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Looking for videos of shaping the rear body panel especially around the upper and lower corners of the locost, caterham super seven?
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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?
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Re: Rear body panel shaping, fitting, cutting etc (videos)

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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.

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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.
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@TooBusy

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

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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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
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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!
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@skippopotamus

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

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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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.
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