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nice to see you use the good oil. Those jugs have used oil in them, friends drop off all their used oil at my place because i have a waste oil burning furnace in my shop. I'm kind of a mobil oil guy  Wished I lived closer. Would bring some lead and paddles and take care of *joining* sheet metal for you. Stay away from bondo in those areas if you can. Lead slinger huh? I actually use an aluminum filler for my seams.
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Beautiful!
Question - once tacked in, Thanks, I tack it all the way around to hold everything flush before I start doing the real welding. This piece was put in with a solid butt weld all the way around except for the bottom flange where I duplicated factory spot welds with plug welds. It's pretty stout.
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Valvoline rules
God bless Texas-----------------------
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I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
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I am very happy, it's pre weekend and I am finished with metal work on the main body of the car, that means I can work on primers and body fillers etc all weekend.
This is awesome.
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Dave you are a magician Sir, you ought to go into the restoration business.
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Maybe if I was younger or if I could just hire a group of young gear heads to be my minions....
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I don't know about you Dave, but when I do work like that for a day, I'm sore for three.
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Yassir, that's the case for me as well.
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looks great - just a "three-beer job"?
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I was one beer into that pack when I started the job so, not quite sure if it was even a 2 beer job. It went very well.
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I tied the frame today. Frame connectors.
She rock solid now.
Feels good, i'm not going to build 1000 hp like stx but i might bump up into the 450 range. With the sure grip and the amount of rubber i plan on fitting in the rear wheel houses, it feels good to know the body twist will be greatly reduced.
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Love it, nothing worse than having the frame do the twist when coming off the line and the door popping open!
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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Enjoying this thread again!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Started aluminum filler on weld seams today.
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Nice. Hope you had time for an Easter egg or two and a little refreshment and fun, as well.
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Back in the booth where I have some better light. ![[Linked Image]](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/northerndave/Mobile%20Uploads/Resampled_2012-04-11_17-26-59_179.jpg) mmmm, delicious Z-grip Lol!! ![[Linked Image]](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/northerndave/Mobile%20Uploads/Resampled_2012-04-11_17-26-42_622.jpg) Mix and spread, a whole new smell out in the shop from here forward. ![[Linked Image]](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/northerndave/Mobile%20Uploads/Resampled_2012-04-11_17-29-36_390.jpg)
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Z-Chrome is good stuff!!!
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What is aluminum filler? Something like Bondo?
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Yes, its a more water tight resin filled with powdered aluminum. I use it to dress weld seams, very little of it. It is used anywhere lead used to be used.
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