rumblefish's Duster project

Hey Capt. My wife got a Sears welder for me for my birthday. I don't know much about them, just general workings. The instruction booklet explains alot about the machine and it's abilitys.

I last left off with the front floor pans and it has been awhile since I have posted. I got a little busy from time to time, but also got lazy on posting an update on this.

I didn't have enuff floor pan on the drivers side rear pan to cover all the rotted area. I made a trip to a metal tube shop for box tube and seen some basic sheet metal hanging around as well. I told the boss man what I was doing and handed me some metal the same thickness as the floor.

Below you can see the missing metal area. A small rectangle. I cut a rectangle a little short and welded it into place. While hot, I hammered it into shape. Then cut a second rectangle and did it again. Tack tack tack tack. Everytime after the tack, a little tap with the hammer to mold it into shape. Not to bad for my first time.

Paint it up and lay down some seam sealer. DONE!