if i had a gun to my head and veins full of truth serum i would say the welds do look agricultural, but are completely adequate on their own, i gave some advice on a previous page so i hope that gets me off the hook with the internet judge jury and executioner
i think the issue with this car is that its all universally rotten. you cut a rusty exterior or interim panel away to make a patch, then whats behind that panel is even worse. its into new floor pans, new fabricated chassis rails, new bulkhead territory, the actual structural bones of the car.
original panels would've been one continuous extrusion, or pressing, folds here and swaging there to give that bit strength, double skinned there, triangulation or boxed along there. flanges spot welde there. i think thats the real danger of this approach of chasing a tidemark of patches round the car, the rust will be gone but not necessarily the structural integrity returned
well thats the optimistic way i read the man from Derry's points anyway
i think the issue with this car is that its all universally rotten. you cut a rusty exterior or interim panel away to make a patch, then whats behind that panel is even worse. its into new floor pans, new fabricated chassis rails, new bulkhead territory, the actual structural bones of the car.
original panels would've been one continuous extrusion, or pressing, folds here and swaging there to give that bit strength, double skinned there, triangulation or boxed along there. flanges spot welde there. i think thats the real danger of this approach of chasing a tidemark of patches round the car, the rust will be gone but not necessarily the structural integrity returned
well thats the optimistic way i read the man from Derry's points anyway