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  1. 06-24-2012 11:30 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tau44 View Post
    Door panel patch is 1/8 sheet metal.
    ? what on a tank ?? most of the time i use 18 gauge . gm frames are not much thicker then .090 from 60s up to 80s
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tau44 View Post
    Door panel patch is 1/8 sheet metal.
    Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy View Post
    ? what on a tank ?? most of the time i use 18 gauge . gm frames are not much thicker then .090 from 60s up to 80s
    Did you maybe mean "18" instead of "1/8"? Like R Pope said, you generally make the patch as close to the parent metal as you can, within a gauge size or two.
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