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gary cottingame

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Is there body movement at the waistline ?
Can the side mould trim be removed and this area
filled to create a smooth transition ?

Just an idea to be pondered.

Thanks

Gary
73 26' CL
Denison, Tx








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> Is there body movement at the waistline ?
> Can the side mould trim be removed and this area
> filled to create a smooth transition ?
>
> Just an idea to be pondered.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary
> 73 26' CL
> Denison, Tx
>
>
I was a Buskirk's once when they were doing this to a coach but I
have been told that eventually it would crack because it is a
junction of aluminum skin above the waistline and fiberglas below and
they have different expansion rates so with temperature changes there
would be different movement on each side of the crack.

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Santa Fe, NM



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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Gary Cottingame

> Is there body movement at the waistline ?
> Can the side mould trim be removed and this area
> filled to create a smooth transition ?
>
> Just an idea to be pondered.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary
> 73 26' CL
> Denison, Tx
>
>
I know of owners who have removed the beltline trim successfully but yes,
there are thermal differences between the aluminum and the fibrglas
material.

Dave Greenberg
Port Saint Lucie, Florida
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You might be able to use that tape stuff for the roof from Camping world talked about earlier...

JMHONM

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CBWood
77 Kingslay
MWC OK

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Gary Cottingame writes...

> Is there body movement at the waistline ?
> Can the side mould trim be removed and this area
> filled to create a smooth transition ?

I've pondered exactly that today as I was installing 2" aluminum to
replace the diseased formed stainless trim that I literally had to rip
off on Monday, after grinding off all the dead screw heads.

The aluminum upper body skin is bonded and riveted to the main
waistline, as are the lower fiberglass panels. I've heard it said the
different thermal expansion of the two materials would cause problems.
It's possible--I felt like I needed to caulk the lower joint while the
upper joint still seemed fully bonded. Mainly, I think the trim was
used to hide whatever GM had to do to complete this joint.

In the end, it was easier for me to install new trim than to cover it
over with body work, even if I thought it would work. But I spent much
of the day installing just one side.

Rick "who now needs a paint job more than ever" Denney

'73 230 Ex-Glacier "Jaws"
Northern Virginia

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Max at Buskirks used to do this. It is a reall mess and lots of filling and finishing but beautiful when finished.

Keep in mind when repainting the artists "golden Rule" (I think that is what it is called). It has to do with proportions and that joint/paint line is in line with that rule.
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Monte in Okla
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77 Eleganza 26 (under complete restoration)


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> Max at Buskirks used to do this. It is a reall mess and lots of
> filling and finishing but beautiful when finished.
>
> Keep in mind when repainting the artists "golden Rule" (I think
> that is what it is called). It has to do with proportions and that
> joint/paint line is in line with that rule.


The Golden Mean.

http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Humanities/TheGoldenMean.html

Tim Conway
LI NY 78 PB





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I couldn't put it better. :^)
Al Scott
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>> Max at Buskirks used to do this. It is a reall mess and lots of filling
>> and finishing but beautiful when finished.
>>
>> Keep in mind when repainting the artists "golden Rule" (I think that is
>> what it is called). It has to do with proportions and that joint/paint
>> line is in line with that rule.
>
>
> The Golden Mean.
>
> http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Humanities/TheGoldenMean.html
>
> Tim Conway
> LI NY 78 PB
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