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Old 11-09-2008, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by webfoot View Post
What is "oil canning"?
It's that tendancy for the metal to 'pop' in and out when you press on it. You press on it and it pops in...reach around to the other side and press it, it pops back out.
Basically, it's stretched metal. The only real way to cure it is to shrink it.
I got a little above the wheelwell on my '68 when I welded the lip in place. Still haven't dealt with it.

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