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Originally Posted by Johnnydidd
Ralph, i sure enjoy your videos, you are a very good craftsman, enjoy your Mercury's very few people can make a part, shape it and weld it in.
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Thanks for those encouraging words but I know the real craftsmen on this forum will be smiling at my crude efforts. I can cut, bend, shape and weld metal. It will be strong but crude, maybe a bit crooked and certainly not up to show standards. So far most of what I have done will not be visible when the fender is in place so I can get away with it.
I have to say that wire welding surprised me with it's strength. I would not have thought those little spots of weld would become so strong but the piece I welded on the body is as solid, (or more so) than the body was when new. I'm using slightly heavier gauge metal for these patches.
The headlight surround area with it's compound curves is going to be the big challenge and I'm afraid body filler might be my only workable fix on them.