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Looking good! Hard to tell from a picture, but in that third shot are you getting good penetration on your weld? Boxing plates look pretty, but they get quite a bit of twist & torsion force. It's especially important if you're grinding the welds for looks.

Originally Posted by rspears

Looking good! Hard to tell from a picture, but in that third shot are you getting good penetration on your weld? Boxing plates look pretty, but they get quite a bit of twist & torsion force. It's especially important if you're grinding the welds for looks.

My welds look like crap, I can't seem to see what I'm welding and thus the bad looks. I'm welding hot but maybe I'll just it up another notch. Got to grind all that weld off.

Working on the boxing of the frame and welding off un needed holes today. In this process I had to fit parts to the frame to see what holes are needed and not.
When looking at the inter fender well I wonder what are mounting holes ? The rear holes are elf explanatory its the front ones I seek your in puts.


your thoughts ?

Originally Posted by Navy7797

Working on the boxing of the frame and welding off un needed holes today. In this process I had to fit parts to the frame to see what holes are needed and not.
When looking at the inter fender well I wonder what are mounting holes ? The rear holes are elf explanatory its the front ones I seek your in puts.
your thoughts ?

On my '37, the section of the inner fender in front of the MII is also against the frame rail and I think that brace bolts to the same area as the radiator mounts but the 40 is probably a little different. To test it out, you could mount the other side the same as you have this one and then measure the width of the grille opening to see how close you are.....just a thought...