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Old 03-14-2018, 06:40 AM
Peter Tommasini Peter Tommasini is offline
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Douglas there is a few ways to make that panel depends on how original you want it to look?
That panel has 3 surfaces all step out.
you can use a solid piece of ally and machined it to the last face shape with the same thickness and taped shape
and fabricate the panel with the second face, or make the panel only with the first face and machine the rest, then using counter sunk screws you can screw all together
in another words fabricate the panel with one or two steps and screw the rest on it. to make the screws invisible simply counter sunk the screws down enough, then lead load the remaining holes dept....Yes you can lead load ally
In order to make that panel from a sheet of ally with all those taped swages it's a lot of work, .... there is a need of a lot of pre stretching and at the end of the day it might not come out right.... UNLESS.. you have a proper expensive former like the factory had back in those days

PS I have done many door shut faces as I suggested above...the like of Lancia fulvia / flavia and some alfa as well, once painted they look original
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