1977 Corvette Body
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Nothing!
edit, the headlight doors are some type of aluminium or pot metal.
edit, the headlight doors are some type of aluminium or pot metal.
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Let me add however, there is metal structure in the doors, but the outside is fibreglass. There is metal structure in the hood, but most of it and the outside is fibreglass glass. The car has a "Birdcage" metal structure around the entire passengers compartment.
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Let me add however, there is metal structure in the doors, but the outside is fibreglass. There is metal structure in the hood, but most of it and the outside is fibreglass glass. The car has a "Birdcage" metal structure around the entire passengers compartment.
etc.
Thanks for the help, with the doors that explains the small amount of rust starting inside the passenger door at the bottom of it
etc.
Thanks for the help, with the doors that explains the small amount of rust starting inside the passenger door at the bottom of it
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Yes that is true. Starting in 75 the Vettes got metal floors with the advent of the Catalytic Converter. However, I didn't think of floor pans as body panels.
A matter of perspective I guess.
A matter of perspective I guess.
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"Engineers put a partial steel underbelly in the forward section of Corvettes starting in '76 for added rigidity, weight reduction, & to better isolate the cockpit from heat generated by the converter"
