Welding is Over
I finished the welding. The last area was the roof, i.e. under the roof. As it was originally lap welded, i decided that this is a nest of rust and i cut it all. This is what i did instead: The right side above the windshield was good and i…
I Almost Have a Car
I welded the front grill. I spent more time on adjusting than welding. The result is good. My procedure: Join the grill to the 3 pieces (left, under, right bared metal on the image) and weld them Join all this to the front of the car Use the front quarter…
Preparation for Welding the Face
Almost there, almost there 🙂 Today i started the preparation of welding the face of the car. I bought a lot of lock pliers just for this operation. I used few of them before, but now i use them all. Here it is: There are a lot of locking pliers,…
Steps to Get Pro
Pro means professional. In this post i already spoke about this 🙂 Professional is someone who does the thing for living, i.e. the car mechanic repair cars to feed his family. Not every professional performs perfectly, but i will use this word as i don’t know the right one for…
Additional Rocker Panels and Front Grill
I reached a “midpoint” when i cleaned the garage and turned the car on it’s side. I will finish all the weldings that point to the floor and then i will flip the cat on 180 degrees and will finish all the other weldings that point to the floor. i…
Plug Weld Logic
When we weld 2 pieces of sheet metal, one of them is perforated and we weld through the holes, we speak about plug welding. Here i will explain my logic about “how to do this properly”. Because one of my sheet metals (the body of the car) is not flat,…
Fill up the MIG gas bottle
I filled up the gas bottle. It is 80 cu ft, 75 % argon, 25 % CO2. I paid ~ 90 CAD + tax. How much and what i welded with 1 bottle can be seen on the previous posts. Of course this info is not reliable for any forecast…
Weld the Right Rocker Panel (part 1)
The right rocker panel goes much better because: It was not so rusty and i didn’t cut a piece of the front crossbeam I am getting better and better every next day I used another type of wire (SuperArc L-56). Before i used Lincoln Electric S-6 MIG. (maybe) The future…
Weld the Left Rocker Panel (part 3)
The back of the rocker panel. I’ll drill a hole Ø22 mm, clean the welding with the grinder, prime and isolate with polyurethane. I still don’t know if i will leave these holes for drainage. This welding tells me that my hands shake (open another beer to fix this) or…