[mr48chev]

I found out years ago that if you can do the fitting and tack things in place so that someone with good welding skills can just weld it up without having to spend time fitting things it isn't hard to get someone to weld it (a buddy if you have a welder)

In the early 70's I would tack things together and take them either to a local welding shop or my buddy down the street to have them welded up.. All I had then was a little 50.00 buck welder from Montgomery ward that used a special welding rod that I had to buy from them. I've still got that thing out in the shed come to think of it.