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worthidlj
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Hi Everyone,

Been a while since I've posted but been enjoying reading the projects being done by others.

I'm slowly (ever so!) restoring my Austin 7 chassis and will be ordering an ash frame to mount a body to the chassis.
Traditionally this is covered in 20g (approx. 0.7mm) thick Aluminium panels but was wondering if anyone would recommend a resin infusion stack that would give similar strength?

I'd like to think that a stack of ProFinish/Bi-Axial/Bi-Axial/Diolen would be reasonable but am certainly open to suggestions.

It probably won't be ready for the body until next year but getting this information now gets those thoughts out of my head and means I can concentrate on more important things like finishing the chassis first!!

Thanks in advance for any help/ advice.

Cheers,
David
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0.7mm is quite thin, you would be about there with one layer of 200gsm and one layer of 450gsm carbon. That would give you a thickness of around 0.65mm, so you could go a bit stiffer by using a 650g layer instead of the 450g to give you a thickness of roughly 0.85mm. Sort of depends what strength you need from those panels. Not sure what weight bi-axial you are thinking of using, but I suspect your layup would be substantially thicker than the 0.7mm you are aiming for. 
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Hi Hanaldo thanks for the reply. 

Sorry I should have clarified that when I mentioned that the Aluminium was 0.7mm thick  i wasn't bothered if the stack was thicker than this.
The biaxial weave is the 300g material from easy composites.

Thanks again for your help. 

Cheers, 
David 
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Want do you want these panels to be? Lighter than the ali, stronger than the ali, same as the ali? 

Your layup with the biax and the diolen would work out to roughly 1mm thick, which is a decent thickness for a nice strong light panel. Do you need the diolen, will these panels be prone to abrasion at all? 
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I'd be looking at having a similar,  if not slightly better strength than the ali.
I suppose I don't need the diolen for the main panels but would certainly look to include it at the bottom of the floor panels and transmission tunnel. 

Thanks as always for the advice. 

Cheers, 
David 
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