Thread: '37 Oze build

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Originally Posted by Matthyj

Dave, If you want to go ahead and delete everything its your own choice, but some people might be actually trying to give you sound advice. If you don't want help with a problem I would suggest not putting your problem out publicly on a forum, build thread or not. Just one picture is all thats needed a picture of the final product. If you are telling us how to build rods write a book, but you are on a build forum thread, whether you like their (or my) replies or not.
Trust me here I have got way better things to do than help a guy 1/2 way across the country that I don't know with a problem that I or someone else might know something about, forgive me for trying my best to help, I have better things to do......

Your responses have always been appreciated. That picture of the grille I sent to Alumicraft was taken after I removed quite a bit of length from the top fin that was hitting the body way before the the mounting flange. I later cut the grille in other places to get the angle of the top fin much closer to the angle of the hood. The last cut I made in the grille's mounting flange released a huge amount of welding stress and allowed a group of fins to move sideways, so they were wider than the body. I belt sanded those down, to make a proper fit, before shipping that piece of junk off to Alumicraft. At least he Alumicraft has a far more accurate model to work from, than they've ever had before.

The fit of this grille was far better than the first, but the construction was total junk - deep scratches and flaking off chrome, plus broken welds, before the grille was ever used. As I noted, I worked in a chrome shop for awhile. I know how it should be done and what good chrome looks like. I also got to look at a Canadian built chromed steel Oze grille this year - it was flawless, with no visible welds. Truly impressive.

I have deleted almost all of this thread. The last barrage of negative comments about alleged welding problems was more than I could take. A couple of pictures I made from a distance is not an appropriate basis to judge anyone's welding ability. That alone is proof to me that several posters are total morons. I won't post on a forum where people ignore the obvious and post that I can't use a tape measure to determine squareness and now I'm supposed to prove that I can weld. I didn't work in manufacturing since 1971 without learning a few things. I used to stick weld 5th wheel trailer hitches all day long, for a living. Nobody in the machine shop thought my welds were inadequate.

I've had all of this that I can take. I wish everyone well in their endeavors. I may add pictures to my photobucket library (but it's now private). There will be no more posts in this thread.