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Welding longs with engine in?, Beginning a resto... |
mbseto |
Oct 15 2014, 09:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,253 Joined: 6-August 14 From: Cincy Member No.: 17,743 Region Association: North East States |
Howdy all;
About to start a restoration, hoping to do a rolling resto. After looking over some of the threads on prep for repairing longs, I see two things everyone advises: 1) brace the doors 2) get the car off the wheels, i.e. jackstands under the donuts It looks like the engine is nearly always pulled... Is this a must, or can the longs be repaired with the engine in? If so, is additional support under the engine/trans needed? Thanks for the input, M. |
mbseto |
Oct 15 2014, 12:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,253 Joined: 6-August 14 From: Cincy Member No.: 17,743 Region Association: North East States |
I'm no expert but have never seen a car that needed long repairs but had a good hell hole. I hear you, that's what I see in all the build threads I've looked at. The car I have seems to have a decent hell hole. From what the PO told me, it was in pretty good shape but sat in a barn while he worked on other cars. It looks like it rusted from the bottom up, I assume from sitting over damp ground. In any case, I'll dig around a little more thoroughly to make sure. Just finished cleaning out the tar, going to clean away the undercoating to see what I'm dealing with. |
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