Author Topic: puds radiator support rust repair. (Read 7940 times)

nifty · « **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.

nifty · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2007, 10:11:55 PM »

more pics coming when i get them

MADLT1 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2007, 11:54:55 PM »

MASSIVE JOB, wel done4.:23

nifty · « **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.

nifty · « **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.

nifty · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2007, 12:20:16 AM »

all done and back in vette.just needs radiator and shes away.