Digitalchaos
Registered User
After having spent 11 years in the snow/saltbelt, the rocker panels & possibly other areas in close proximity on my SC are in poor condition.
I located a website which vends body parts for Thunderbirds and SCs. They have a diagram there which shows every individual body panel which makes up the car.
Before finding this information, I assumed that due to unibody construction, proper rust repair on these vehicles was impossible because most body panels were one piece. However, the diagram implies that it is possible to repair individually damaged body panels without hackwork.
Therefore, I would like to learn from those who may know in basic terms how the body panels are joined on our car, what must be done to disassemble & seperate them for repair, and most importantly a rough expectation for the cost from an average body shop for the labor involved in replacing rocker panels and similar surrounding small panels. The floorboard, quarter panels, and other large panels are all completely intact.
If you can offer help with this, it is appreciated!
I located a website which vends body parts for Thunderbirds and SCs. They have a diagram there which shows every individual body panel which makes up the car.
Before finding this information, I assumed that due to unibody construction, proper rust repair on these vehicles was impossible because most body panels were one piece. However, the diagram implies that it is possible to repair individually damaged body panels without hackwork.
Therefore, I would like to learn from those who may know in basic terms how the body panels are joined on our car, what must be done to disassemble & seperate them for repair, and most importantly a rough expectation for the cost from an average body shop for the labor involved in replacing rocker panels and similar surrounding small panels. The floorboard, quarter panels, and other large panels are all completely intact.
If you can offer help with this, it is appreciated!