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GGDR



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L322 - Which panels are aluminium?

Got asked by a body shop if the body is aluminium.
( http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic43779-15.html )

I know the 405 is all-aluminium, with several hundred kilos shed as a result, so I thought the 2.6 ton 322 was all-steel.

So I ran around the body with a magnet:

STEEL:
Rear Quarter
Rear tailgate upper & lower
Roof

ALUMINIUM:
Bonnet
Front Wings
Door skins

So more more aluminium than I thought.
No surprise then the bits that are steel are highly prone to rust!

Thought it was interesting...

. Cheers, Greg
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Another way of telling, is the where the rust is! Rolling with laughter

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If I remember right, the bonnet was the single biggest aluminium pressing on a car at the time....

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