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Offline nifty

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puds radiator support rust repair.
« on: February 16, 2007, 09:55:21 PM »
pud pulled the radiator out of his 73 to fix a small leak.while it was out he decided to fix the radiator surround,as it was very rusty.heres how he repaired it,using 1 inch square tubing. involved a bit of cutting and bending to follow the origianl shape.all i did was the tig welding.top job puds.



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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2007, 10:11:55 PM »
more pics coming when i get them

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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2007, 11:54:55 PM »
MASSIVE JOB, wel done4.:23

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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2007, 09:36:12 PM »
more updates.
bit hard to see,but in 3rd pic where the new metal was welded to the old itsa bit rough.the original metal is 2 pieces sandwiched together and spot welded.when i was welding new to old i was burning through the first piece of original metal and weld didnt like the rust that was between the 2 pieces.



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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2007, 09:50:53 PM »
as i said earlier,all i did was the welding.pud takes all the credit for the fabrication.

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« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2007, 12:20:16 AM »
all done and back in vette.just needs radiator and shes away.