Biggest Piece of Sheet Metal on a Production Car

"MIATAAAA" (miataaaa) 04/17/2014 at 12:40 • Filed to: RECORDS

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What is it?

I thought it was the hood of a Z3. My coworker says it's the hood of a Viper.

Anyone know for sure?

EDIT: The responses are great. To answer any questions, we are thinking largest single sheet of aluminum. Looks like these days it's the roof of an extended van or something. Lame.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:42

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I would've expected it to be one of those pieces on a Mulsanne.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:42

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I would imagine a piece from a long bed pickup...

505Turbeaux > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:43

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you would be hard pressed to find one bigger than the rear fender of this

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:43

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Considering that the viper hood isn't metal. Also, the Z3 is tiny compared to something like the '72 Monte Carlo's hood, and you need to define "piece of sheet metal" as the pan for full size truck long beds is usually 6'x8'.

Biased Plies > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:43

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Roof on a Country Squire?

Actually, maybe the roof of a H1 Hummer. Were those available as a slicktop (no sunroof, or other holes) in the SUV (not truck) variant?

daender > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:46

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Maybe the body of a Shelby Cobra? I think it's one giant sheet of aluminum rolled and beaten into that beautiful shape.

Forgetful > 505Turbeaux 04/17/2014 at 12:46

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I thought Continental, but I think you win.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:47

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This is supposedly the largest that GM has ever stamped.

Frank Grimes > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:47

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I am just gong to pretend you said something else like I originally thought

I nominate this piece below the rear window on a GM they all rust out! Bigges piece of crap.

jariten1781 > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:49

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Don't know, but Porsche has stated that the hood on the Macan is the largest piece of aluminum in use on any vehicle currently in production.

Zibodiz > 505Turbeaux 04/17/2014 at 12:49

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I could be mistaken, but I believe the roof and rear quarter panels on a Suburban are a single sheet.

If if they aren't, the rear quarter panel extends around both sets of doors, making it pretty stinkin' long.

doodon2whls > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 12:53

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The clam-shell hood on the Viper is composite, not sheet metal.

In reality, the floorpan of a minivan is probably the single biggest piece of stamped sheet metal on a modern 'car'... If we start talking SUV's and trucks, they probably have the biggest single pieces of sheet metal - also likely to be the floorpan or rear bed floor although now that I think of it, the Body-Side-Apertures are pretty sizable, too.

Party-vi > daender 04/17/2014 at 13:00

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The body section on aluminum cobras are beaten/formed and welded together to make the larger sections.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 13:38

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Roof and or floor pan?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 13:38

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If I had to guess I would say the roof of an extended van.

And others have mentioned it, but the Viper hood is a fiberglass piece.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 13:56

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Not biggest, but I love this picture.

daender > Party-vi 04/17/2014 at 15:13

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Darn, and it's too bad billet doesn't count because someone did produce an one-off one-piece body Cobra in aluminum and copper.

Party-vi > daender 04/17/2014 at 15:22

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Those were built for Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. All the metal components on the aluminum car were machined from billet aluminum, but the body was hand-formed aluminum sheet . The other car is copper, I don't recall if it also used a billet frame/suspension components.

McMike > MIATAAAA 04/17/2014 at 16:38

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@1:05.

3.5 x 1.5 meters - at the time was the largest pressed panel VW made.