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Old 07-22-2008, 05:16 AM   #12 (permalink)
justpassntime
What? THIS IS MY GOOD CAR
 
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The Japillac - '87 Honda Accord LXi Sedan
90 day: 31.77 mpg (US)

Ranchero GT - '73 Ford Ranchero GT

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Thanks guys for the input!

I am much better with metal than anything else. Although I have made some cool things out of plexiglass. I figure I can screw this thing together so if I have to make adjustments it will be easier. Then when I find the optimum angle I'll weld it together then.

BTW...I never really welded before until I started a project doing a 73 Ranchero. It needed new quarter panels. Dad said he wasn't going to do it, didn't have time. So I bought a wire feed welder for nearly $700 bucks and went to town learning how to weld on car bodies. Not the best place to learn. I guess a good explanation of my first attempts was like soldering aluminum foil together with a propane torch. Burned holes in everything and warped the crap out of it. Oh it looks good now, ok atleast the part that didn't get damaged when I got rear ended 3 months after I finished the car. Been sitting for ten years now.

Looking back that welder has welded a lot and it's still in my dads shop. Pretty smart old man, huh! Didn't have to do the welding and has the use of a free welder.
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