Rocker panel

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu May 11, 06 6:17 pm

Hi guys, on my maiden voyage, after all the body work was finished on the duster, I managed to land her in a ditch (no i wasn't driving like a prat, wish i was then I could blame myself).

anyway I need a new rocker panel I've found some at yearone but if anyone can recommend anything cheaper or hopefully more local as the MOT is due very soon please let me know.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Thu May 11, 06 6:45 pm

You must be gutted

Glad it wasn't more serious. And glad you are alright. Tell us the tale

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu May 11, 06 6:57 pm

Kev wrote:You must be gutted Glad it wasn't more serious. And glad you are alright. Tell us the tale

Just a bit gutted yes, Was on the way to Rockingham, on Sunday with my local club www.mkb.cc (shameless plug)

to parade our cars round the track. along with the AVO & RebelV8...etc.

Got to Northampton shire, couldn't tell you the name of the road but I came off the road when turning left at a largish round-a-bout next to a big BP garage

. I later found out that 3 other cars in the same convey stepped out, one of them severely and the Police officer that came to the scene has personally lost two cars to the ditch and gets about 1 a day down there

Was a little damp that day but not enough to cause this so i suspect Diesel on the road from the trucks filling up at the garage...

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu May 11, 06 7:24 pm

I would have thought a good body man could sort that....

So sorry to hear of your incident...

Powerail · Post by **Powerail** » Thu May 11, 06 8:49 pm

Ouch, so thats how you chipped the paintwork I was wondering, its crappy when stuff like that happens

If you ever gut stuck or anything like that give me a shout, the Rams a great little tower. I havn't got my own trailer yet but seriously considering it. Got some friends keeping their eyes peeled for burned out caravans so I can knock one up on the cheap

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu May 11, 06 9:16 pm

Powerail wrote:Ouch, so thats how you chipped the paintwork I was wondering, its crappy when stuff like that happens

If you ever gut stuck or anything like that give me a shout, the Rams a great little tower. I havn't got my own trailer yet but seriously considering it. Got some friends keeping their eyes peeled for burned out caravans so I can knock one up on the cheap

Cheers for the offer mate, we got an old caravan trailer but we made a BBQ out of it

Powerail · Post by **Powerail** » Thu May 11, 06 9:19 pm

So thats what that thing was !!

I think we saw it at the Spring Nationals or something and we were wondering

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu May 11, 06 11:32 pm

My 68 fell off the trailer & dented the sill just like yours, we cut a large rectangle out above the sill (under where the sill plate goes) & pushed the dent out using lumps of wood + hammer. Once dent was out welded the bit we cut out back in, didnt even use any filler underneath.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri May 12, 06 8:04 am

One of my mates did actually think of that

It will depend on how rotted the sill is.

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Fri May 12, 06 10:15 am

blimey, that's bad luck...

That part of the body is really strong, you'll need to get some serious grunt behind that to straighten it out, unless it's rotten of course. As Pete said, a decent body man could get that out probably for less than the cost of the Year One panel and shipping.

Mine was damaged in the same place...but a lot worse, so it can be done...I replaced the badly damaged section with flat steel plate, which formed to match and it's as good as new.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri May 12, 06 10:34 am

Ok i'll speak to some body guys 1st thank for the advice

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat May 13, 06 11:43 am

TerryR wrote:i think that will pull out , or if not you could could go to a panel supplies and get something close .or get someting rolled to shape ,i think that roundabout is on the rockingham road near corby,its always bad for diesel spills there,i jacknifed an artic there

Yeah sounds like the place

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat May 13, 06 7:30 pm

Ouch!!

that is very bad luck...feel sorry for you bud.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat May 13, 06 9:55 pm

Thanks, guys at Wheels in Motion say they can fix her up

so hopefully be sorted soon.