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Fabricated sills for early celicas.
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Sun, 08 August 2004 06:25
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Well, after what seems like a lifetime of looking, planning, researching and not having any money- i have finally got the cash and found a ra28 for my long time coming restoration/ conversion.
Have organised a car and its arriving on wed, im pretty excited. Currently has 18rg/ 5sp but i will go down the 1g-gte (1988-) road when i get serious on it.
The car has some rust in the sills which i read is a common problem. Have thought about getting fabricated sills from craig vayne fabrication as described in other posts.
Im happy to take on this job as im lucky to have a dad who is a highly skilled welder and is willing to give up some of his time. However, he hasn't had much experience with cars and body/ structural work on them. If anyone who has done this job or has and thoughts on how to tackle this job i would love to hear about it. Apart from knowing that there is a factory weld at each end of the sill, near the guard and near the rear of the door and that the welding will need to be done with a MIG or TIG i really dont know how to go about this job.
Appreciate any thoughts. Cheers Tom
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Re: Fabricated sills for early celicas.
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Sun, 08 August 2004 10:31
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Hi Tom, you can get a full sill, or sections of sill. Once you have them in your hands, I am sure Dad, being a competent welder, will be able to see exactly what has to cut out, and replaced with the new section. If you intend to totally replace the sills, the car will have to be braced, before you remove the old sills. Personally, I would initially determine the extent of the rust, then order sufficient sill sections to accomplish the repair, without totally removing the entire sill panel. You should visit your local library/ TAFE library, and do a bit of research through their publications.
regards Chuck.
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Re: Fabricated sills for early celicas.
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Sun, 08 August 2004 11:17
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Chuck
Where do you get these sills from???
BEN
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Re: Fabricated sills for early celicas.
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Mon, 09 August 2004 07:59
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Apparently a crew in QLD called Craig Vayne Sheetmetal Fabrication make them up for $35 and will send em to you for an extra $20 bucks. Do a search for "sills" and you will find all the details. The no. on the post is (07) 41222326, havn't called this though so not sure if it current.
Tom.
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: Fabricated sills for early celicas.
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Mon, 09 August 2004 08:04
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Craig Vayne Sheetmetal Fabrications
Phone: (07) 4122 2326
Guard lowers $20.00
Rear 1/4 lowers $25.00
Sills $35.00
Door skins $100.00
I have spoken to them a few times.
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Re: Fabricated sills for early celicas.
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Mon, 09 August 2004 08:52
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Exelent fellas thanks
BEN
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Melbourne
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Re: Fabricated sills for early celicas.
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Mon, 09 August 2004 09:19
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Sweet, now i can get some panels fixed
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