Boot Floor Replacement

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This is where our shop stands out above the rest – we have a full fabrication shop onsite. The solution here was to trim the forward flange from the panel, and form a new flange 1/2″ lower. You can see a tooling line just below the new flange in this photo – and note that the new panel now lines up perfectly with the side valance. This modification sounds simple enough, but your either do or don’t have a brake wide enough, and STRONG enough, to make a bend this long in a piece of 20-gauge. We do – our brake is a “Chicago Universal Brake” built in 1944 on special order for the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, It makes perfect bends every time, and can bend a piece of 14-gauge over 5 feet wide!

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