b pillar repairs

[Shaundon]

Been doing some repairs to the b pillar inner
(had to guesstimate the curve as little left of original)

and looks like i will also have to do the outer as its much worse than i feared



Question is the area circled in red bends out to meet up with the inner , but looking at some of mickeys threads it looks like the outer is straight at this point?


Is that just an illusion in the photo or has my van been modified in some way? (from https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=100930)

[boatbuilder]

Looks to me like it has a straight bit where the arch seam would be and then bends after that.

[Shaundon]

ah - it just looks straight from certain angles -

Thinking about it just putting it straight down with a bigger right angled bit would be easier to fabricate. Any reason other than to look original that i shouldnt? (after all its all hidden anyway)

S.

[Plasticman]

nope its fine, as long as the small area that the arc h fixes to is correct then the rest is cosmetic for all intensant purposes,
nice repair to the inner B post, again you dont have to be too critical here as long as the mating faces are about right then your ok, just do not forget to add the heavy vertical stiffener to the inner B above the jp
mm

[Shaundon]

cheers,

for the stiffener i was gonna just use a bit of heavy steel box section and cut one of the faces off. Save trying to bend something that thick....

[Plasticman]

tis what i do a lot hehe

[Shaundon]

Can anyone tell me the dimension of the arrowed in red bit??