The Ford Barn

fairwayjc · 01-16-2012, 11:32 AM

I am installing a patch panel on the lower portion behind the doors. My question is how do I handle the area around the wooden door posts? I don't want to take them out to weld the patch panel. Can I just not weld where it wraps around the wood and maybe just fill the seam with lead?

Thanks for the input. I'm a weekend body guy so I've got lots to learn!!

unclerichard · 01-17-2012, 05:45 AM

Slide a piece of thin copper between the wood and the patch panel and weld it up. Worked for me!

fairwayjc · 01-17-2012, 04:06 PM

Thanks...... sounds like a plan!

rollingsculpture · 01-17-2012, 05:10 PM

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or if the section around the wood is still good cut the patch at the point of the last good metal bit and weld the seam there..

01-16-2012, 11:32 AM	#1
fairwayjc Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 24	31 coupe patch panel I am installing a patch panel on the lower portion behind the doors. My question is how do I handle the area around the wooden door posts? I don't want to take them out to weld the patch panel. Can I just not weld where it wraps around the wood and maybe just fill the seam with lead? Thanks for the input. I'm a weekend body guy so I've got lots to learn!!

01-17-2012, 05:45 AM	#2
unclerichard Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 37	Re: 31 coupe patch panel Slide a piece of thin copper between the wood and the patch panel and weld it up. Worked for me!

01-17-2012, 04:06 PM	#3
fairwayjc Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 24	Re: 31 coupe patch panel Thanks...... sounds like a plan!

01-17-2012, 05:10 PM	#4
rollingsculpture Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Takoma park md Posts: 271	Re: 31 coupe patch panel Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) or if the section around the wood is still good cut the patch at the point of the last good metal bit and weld the seam there.. __________________ Rust and roll will never die