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Originally Posted by r&kweber  Our belly skin wraps up and over the C channel. Being wrapped over tight is what keeps it in place till the rivets are in. No vulkem used originally, so we didn't add any either. |
I know this was common in the 50s, and Uwe's 63 Olander had it as well I think, but on my 63 Olander the bellypan just slid up but not over. It was riveted in place to the channel before the shell was on, and then later the shell was riveted onto the entire frame/floor assembly. This made for some interesting times removing the bellypan, as there were some semi-blind rivets that you could not see from the exterior, and due to the remains of butyl goop on the interior, you couldn't always see the bucktail inside the channel either. Sliding (and pounding) a metal-capped putty knife took care of them in short order, though.
Those prices were in line with what I paid, truck, I had mine shipped to me by Airparts, Inc. Not sure what their shipping into Canada would cost, though.
Ryan, I wish I had found a local supplier as you did, your 5052 cost maybe 1/3 or less what mine did!
-Marcus