08-16-2017, 01:54 PM
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Sheet metal is from a furnace housing - just mild steel. (My brother was a heating/cooling technician, so I got a little stockpile of sheet metal from him).
It's thicker than the stock metal -- I can barely cut it by hand using tin snips... Happily that means it's thick enough that I can weld it without burning through... too often.
I had some pics to post, but the SD card in my camera apparently died. (How does that happen?)
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08-16-2017, 03:14 PM
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I had some pics to post, but the SD card in my camera apparently died. (How does that happen?)
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You left it laying near by on the car while you were welding? Zap!  |
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08-16-2017, 10:25 PM
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Could be!
I tried reformatting it... still no luck. It's too bad because I have some progress to show! Nice fresh red floor... nice newly cleaned & serviced front brakes... even a coat of wax on the badly oxidized paint (talk about an ideal before&after shot!).
I'll get a new card tomorrow or Fri.
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08-17-2017, 05:23 AM
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Could be!
I tried reformatting it... still no luck. It's too bad because I have some progress to show! Nice fresh red floor... nice newly cleaned & serviced front brakes... even a coat of wax on the badly oxidized paint (talk about an ideal before&after shot!).
I'll get a new card tomorrow or Fri.
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I've had a couple of SD cards get corrupted. There's software out there to recover the photos, but I haven't found anything that's free yet.
Nice work on the Miata!
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08-18-2017, 04:02 PM
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08-18-2017, 09:40 PM
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Very...red.  |
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08-18-2017, 10:26 PM
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Very not hole-y!
This evening: tucked the carpets back in, put in the seats, vacuumed everything, finished the front brake service.
Tomorrow: rear brake service, and a bit of bondo work over a visible patch welded on the driver's side rocker.
Next week: inspection!
Week after that: 50 MPG!
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08-19-2017, 01:25 AM
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Very not hole-y!
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Would that make it "Unholy"? I'm pretty sure my Miata is. |
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08-19-2017, 02:30 PM
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Well, it IS the Devil's Red in color!  |
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08-21-2017, 01:39 PM
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inspection day
I dropped it off at the mechanic's after lunch.
It looked like an international roadster convention at his shop: I parked in a line with a Vette, MGB, and an Alfa Romeo somethingorother. All convertibles.
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