Thanks for the welcome! We did anneal the ali I used on my Austin where it rolls around the steel tube. I use an acetylene flame to soot the panel then heat till it burns off. That works well. It then rehardens as you hammer it around. Similar for the welded seams. They are soft after gas welding but then harden as you planish them.
I know Rob McNair though the VCC here. We're in the same branch. I moved years ago but it seems too hard for them to change my local branch so I never bothered! I have seen his Riley when he ran it at Chelsea and at the Roycroft.
Getting stuff here is a real issue. People didn't believe me you can't get German (Nickel) silver which I needed to make a radiator shell. So people here use brass then have them plated.
Be good to chat. We might already know each other or at least have met!
Simon
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Wellington, New Zealand
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