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looks pretty good for a 60+ year old Ford

Nice!

Kewl I would leave her bone stock right down to the 6 v. battery, a fine example of 50's iron! Massage in all the right places (as you are so adept at) and if it ain't broke don't fix it. Love it Dave.

howdy oops.

I use a little millermatic 175 for my sheetmetal stuff. I run .023 0r .024 wire amd 75%-25% shielding gas. I keep it down real low, fitting is as much of an art as welding that thin stuff. then the welding part... To keep it short I'll just say the rotisserie is a blessing because we can now alter our weld presentation in our favor. That's a huge deal. About as huge as visibility which can be difficult to obtain in those tight areas.

WOW! Neat car in beautiful shape!

I like that plan. So many cars get turned into hot rods that an original becomes a rarity.

I just found some fairly large chunks of old copper buss bar, the sort of stuff one finds in large substations and smelters.

Do you ever use copper "backers" or "Chill Plates"

Would be glad to cut a coupla' pieces and fire off in you general direction. I weld copper, and can fit the things up with handles and clamping lugs,....lemme know.

Re: visibility

I had a good look at the setup linked below, and it's just about one of the neatest things I've seen in a long time. Beats the crap out of that old leather executioner's hood that was hard to breath in or keep pointed straight

Link: http://www.millerwelds.com/products/welding_protection/head_face/goggles/weld-mask-auto-darkening/

Very Nice. A Minnesota car with no rust is a rare rare bird indeed.

Holy Crap ! what a ride !

Wow, auto darkening goggles, now that is F'ing cool! I would use the hell out of those. I will be getting some for sure.

I don't use backer bars right now probably because I don't have any, lol!

Mid panel body seams take me a long time to do because of heat concerns. I am going to get some if that heat sink clay that you can flank your weld with.

Very neat!

Really cool beans ND!


That was back when cars were big enough that you could conceive children in them!

It's surprisingly cozy (small) inside though.

I think it was maybe just back when you were flexible enough to do really twisty things in a confined space.

Well with every addict in the universe putting the gleep on anything vaguely resembling copper, HEAVY copper's gotten harder to find. Will get you lined out with some,....I use a LOT of carbon graphite on heavy wear metal for backers and reestablishing Plow bolt holes and such, but it's a BAD mistake to go anywhere near the light gauge stuff with it, due to carbon embrittlement.

The problem I have with that "Helping Hands" clay is that it gives up steam and disrupts my gas shield,.....I do have some clear gel that you can paint on, or dip and let dry,....don't ask me how the stuff works, but you can hold one end of a light strip of sheet metal bare hands,...and heat the other end HOT with impunity / no discomfort. My welding supplier's closed today, so I can't call him for the name of the stuff

Picking up, what you are puttin' out, there Dave !

Something tells me there's been more than a few skirts pulled in that car, over the years...

I had the same year only mine was a Mercury as a first car. Lock at the size of that back seat. You could go camping in that rear seat. I was "made a man" in my back seat.

And to think that was the up graded interior in that car.

What a gorgeous ride! 3-on-the-tree to boot. Enjoy!

Thanks guys, she's a real smooth runner. Pam has till mid winter to figure out what color she wants it.