1961 Apache - Page 2 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

62c30 · 10-19-2021, 09:36 PM

Started fixing the inner roof

SkinnyG · 10-19-2021, 10:41 PM

That's a lot of air gap. REALLY control your heat so it doesn't shrink too much when final welding. Tack, planish, grind it, then do the next tack.

88Stanger · 10-25-2021, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkinnyG

That's a lot of air gap. REALLY control your heat so it doesn't shrink too much when final welding. Tack, planish, grind it, then do the next tack.

Exactly.... i had to do 1/2 this amount and it was a pain in the butt, very time consuming.. but worth it in the end....

10-19-2021, 09:36 PM	#1
62c30 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Derby Kansas Posts: 359	Re: 1961 Apache Started fixing the inner roof Attached Images

10-19-2021, 10:41 PM	#2
SkinnyG Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Beautiful BC, Canada, eh?! Posts: 2,187	Re: 1961 Apache That's a lot of air gap. REALLY control your heat so it doesn't shrink too much when final welding. Tack, planish, grind it, then do the next tack. __________________ 1961 Apache: "Grabber Orange" Shortboxed, pancake, step-notch, air-ride, boosted-LS 1977 Silverado: Shortboxed & dropped, potato-potato V8 Pontiac Firefly (Chevy Sprint): The ultimate engine swap: 5.7L in a 1.0L bag Lotus Super 7 Replica: Scratch-built street-legal rollerskate



Register or Log In To remove these advertisements.