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Thanks John, yes, he is starting to like the tig a lot. Today he used it quite a bit to weld the cowl all together and ever time he does a weld I hear him say "this thing is amazing!" The mig has really been a workhorse for us and I don't ever see the tig completely replacing it, especially on long welds, but it sure has it's place. What he has noticed is that it creates so little cleanup splatter, which the mig leaves, even with gas.

Steve, I think he will have about the same amount of time in building this one vs fixing the old one, but the real savings should be in prep time for paint. We were looking at the panels tonight and they are just going to need some high build primer and block sanding to get ready to shoot. The old body was, well it was 80 years old. It needs patch panels and a whole lot of straightening if it were going to go in gloss.

As for the flux core vs bottle, everyone seems to agree the bottle gives such better, cleaner welds. If you can get one I think you will be much happier in the long run.

Bob, thanks, but the stuff you do is absolutely nothing to scoff at either. We just hide our mistakes by not posting those pictures. Sort of like "outtakes."

Thanks Matt.

Thanks Jack. I get sunburned from using the mig too. Because it is so hot hiere I usually work in just shorts, and I get a red chest with a white streak across it from where my arm shields the rays. I usually discover my burn when I jump in the shower that night.

Brad, this year stick around at Daytona for more than an hour.



Today I was like a one armed paperhanger. Dan was working on his car and Don was getting ready to install the replacement transmission TCI sent him, so I would help one for a few minutes then go to help the other. I told them I was glad I didn't have 3 Sons. We are ready to drop the engine back in Don's T and will probably get that done next Monday, his next day off. Dan made major progress today and is ready to start channelling the subframe. We will start doing that some evening this week, probably.

Don