trutolife27
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Yep once the body parts are stamped they have a barcode on them. Has a date to be built by. Once they get too old the aluminum gets stronger and the rivets will not go through.Aluminum ages more like wine than steel does. Aluminum oxide is stronger/harder than aluminum. Iron oxide (rust) is much weaker than steel. As Tru said, stamping 3 month old aluminum coil will produce cracked panels. It doesn't want to flow anymore. Too hard.
Your 5 year old truck body is actually stronger than your new truck body...
The big rolls of aluminum have to be stamped at the right time. It's really a time-sensitive process with aluminum.
For the holiday shut down, all parts will be used and not sitting. As far as paint, it has been amazing for years like Ron said. The thing that most people don't know how important and strong the structural adhesive is. Once it goes through the bake tunnel it's unreal how strong it is.
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