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Old 06-15-2016, 05:46 AM
Uwe-Schulz Uwe-Schulz is offline
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Default Best aluminium thickness for a Flaminia Touring dor skin

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together with my friend, we started with the restoration of our Lancia Flaminia Touring GTL, we begin with the reconstruction of the right door.

Now we arrived at the stage where we have to make the new door skin and we look for the best fit aluminum thickness. For material we selecting the type AW-5005 H14 or H24, this is in Germany available in 1.0 and 1.5 mm thickness. Now we're not sure which is the suitable thickness. If we measure the old skin, the thickness is about 1.2-1.3 mm, but it seem that this thickness is not available.
Can someone help us?

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Old 06-15-2016, 07:50 AM
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Last Year about this time I finished a 1962 Maserati GT full restoration (body by Touring) and the door frame is almost identical of your job (you could search those posts here on this forum) Well I used 5005H34 (half hard) 1.6 mm but 1.5 will be ok and possibly better
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Old 06-15-2016, 08:27 AM
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[QUOTE=Uwe-Schulz;126837]Hello Community,

together with my friend, we started with the restoration of our Lancia Flaminia Touring GTL, we begin with the reconstruction of the right door.

Now we arrived at the stage where we have to make the new door skin and we look for the best fit aluminum thickness. For material we selecting the type AW-5005 H14 or H24, this is in Germany available in 1.0 and 1.5 mm thickness. Now we're not sure which is the suitable thickness. If we measure the old skin, the thickness is about 1.2-1.3 mm, but it seem that this thickness is not available.
Can someone help us?

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I have done a number of Touring bodies and I would recommend that you use the 1.5 H14.

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Old 06-18-2016, 07:43 AM
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Hello Peter and Kent,
thank you for your help , we will use 1.5 mm.
I'll tell you how it worked when the skin has finished

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