Golden Star Auto produces over 6,000 different body panels. Once a panel is formed, any extra metal on the perimeter and all necessary opening are plasma cut with computer-controlled accuracy.
“We’re the only company in the panel-manufacturing side to perform these extra steps,” Hsieh explains. “When we perform the process, we also include any needed metal stretching to provide a better overall stamping. The stamping dies may “stretch” the metal within an area before being sandwiched within the form. In some complex stampings, we may even design multiple forming steps to create an accurate panel.”
The final thought in the RDS assembly theory concerns the overall construction practice. The Camaro body is an accumulation of as many small panels as possible. These panels are fitted in factory fashion and then welded together. As a group, these panels are fixtured to exact dimensions at over 40-points on the finished body.
The sum of all panels carefully welded in place includes the fit and finish of the overall body with exceptional accuracy. Real Deal Steel also creates a race car body option for the extremely popular '66 and '67 Chevy Nova.
When you purchase a
Real Deal Steel body, the fitment of even the smallest OE windshield clip on the Camaro is located right down to the original manufacturing tolerances. If you have priced a pristine muscle car body or even added up the cost of panels and labor required to restore a rough shell, your jaw may drop from the cost. The RDS option of a reproduction steel-bodied hot rod or race car is more cost-effective than you might have considered before.
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