kentonius
enough to be dangerous...
I've got a wood burner in there, but I'm in Kansas - it's hitting 50 during the day here.I don't see insulation or a heater in your shop. Burrrr
I've got a wood burner in there, but I'm in Kansas - it's hitting 50 during the day here.I don't see insulation or a heater in your shop. Burrrr
Dennis - do you happen to have a "cut" that I could purchase from you?Well pretty straight forward and removing it from a donor van.
The inner structure is spot welded to the body & frame rail structure and if you want a nice undetectable repair you simply unpick it and spot weld in the doner part.
If you have a localized crippled area to fix you can of course simply do a cut and seam weld it into the van as a donor patch repair. It can look a bit unsightly unless you are good at tin bashing.
Mig /Tig of course is the usual weld method, however I was taught to employ the tin-man's weld technique using a #1 oxy/acetylene jet and 2 lbs max of gas pressure. This 1st World War era weld method leaves the seam almost undetectable against the modern Mig./ Tig methods. This is still employed in India manufacturing Royal Enfield motorcycle fuel tanks.
We always have a few donor van out the back which we harvest repair section(s) from for out shop collision repair such as you are attempting. It shouldn't be too hard to find a scrap van for a repair part or "cut" as we call it.
Just a tip!
Do an offer up your repair section and temporary bolt the whole structure together including the hood, fenders, radiator core support etc etc to get your fit & finish right before spot welding it all together.
Best of luck
Dennis
Yes of course call into the shop.Dennis - do you happen to have a "cut" that I could purchase from you?
Thanks for all the tips too!