oh my god!!!! renault 12's, great memories,my dad had 10 and they are fantastic cars,been looking for one for years,and when theyve come up for sale ive not been in a position to buy it.i remember helping my dad strip parts off them in the local scrappies,and bogging up the rear arches on about...
yes i am planning to put a bottle mount on the stand,but one for the small bottles that can be modified at a later date to take a big bottle.it will have to take a backburner for the minute,cos as usual something else always needs doing that is slightly more important,ill shall try and post some...
aha! thats why i think im a crap welder-couldnt be bothered with preparation in the past,used to just try and weld to anything! ive even used bodyfiller rolled into balls in the past to fill the gaps in :-s.,i suppose it was just impatience in the past.
Ah the joys of youth!!!!
hotrod - good...
before i change my no gas mig to gas,im gonna use the last of the flux coated wire to make myself a rolling mig stand,out of the following junk;-
an old metal (bread??) trolley on castors,
a couple of lengths of angle iron,and part of a dexion racking system that i have knocking about.
The...
hi guys,ive not actually done any welding,but ive sorted a problem that affects us all once in a while,-a leaky garage roof!,it was leaking right onto the inner wing/bulkhead area of the car,and it was already in a state,so i didnt want it to get any worse.i used some paint with fibreglass in...
i looked at the pictures of your bus on either a forum or your website,and after seeing what youd done with the por 15 i thought id ask the question.
your bus looks very smart!!
i though you could apply it to rust,and it stops rust and protects it,i want something good to totally protect the underside of my car when ive welded it up.
bugger ,i AM a veggie :lol: :lol: ,i get your drift though,gonna take a tape recorder along to a butty van tomorrow morning and cross-ref the sound against my welder!! :lol: :lol:
i have heard of this stuff,but i want to know how good it is,anyone know?,and who supplies it?is it like waxoyl??,do you have to recoat the treated areas every year?
thanx
can anyone advise the best settings for a clarke 100en turbo mig?,i could do with the settings so i can start playing about with some scrap pieces then do the (concealed) structural work on my type 3,ive lost the bloody handbook for the welder!
many thanks
p.s its no- gas,ive got a...
sorry guys not been on the pc for a bit ive got a 71' type 3 fastback 8)
wanted one since i was a kid!!,now ive got one and its gonna be a big job,but all the handy hints and tips on here will help :D
hi everyone, ive had a couple of mig welders and have managed to scrape by in the past!,ive done welding jobs on friends cars and on some of my own,i have a classic vw that im restoring,but i have just realised that i am garbage at welding,i once welded 16 plates on a mk2 fiesta for its mot and...