[old-chevy-truck] Patch Plates

2007-08-04 Thread Jim
Hello All. I recenty picked up a 1949 1 ton long box. It has some cancer and a friend told me about patch plates. Anybody out there have some experience with them, good and bad, they would like to share? I live in the Northeast of Washington, so if you could share some of your collective

Re: [old-chevy-truck] Patch Plates

2007-08-04 Thread Mike Inez Plucker
Jim; Try Chevy's of the 40's, located in Vancouver WA. I have used Patch Panels and would prefer them over making my own panels. Usually the panels are over size for the rust, so just cut the rust part out and trim the panel the fit the hole with no clearance between the old and new, then weld

Re: [old-chevy-truck] Patch Plates

2007-08-04 Thread Alan Lubow
- Original Message - From: Mike Inez Plucker To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [old-chevy-truck] Patch Plates Jim; Try Chevy's of the 40's, located in Vancouver WA. I have used Patch Panels and would prefer them