I have bought a MIG welder and done both major and minor body work with it.
Without it, I could never have even considered restoring my car, since the
expense would have been many times what it turned out to be.
George Richardson
'57 TR3, TS15559L
(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: cavies@xtra.co.nz <cavies@xtra.co.nz>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 4:31 PM
Subject: Welding
>Hi,
>
>We have just had a quote from our local body shop to do some rust repair
>work on a triumph 2500 saloon. I honestly thought the guy used the last
>4 figures of the number plate. My son whose car it is, went through the
>concrete about 3 feet.
>
>Anyway has anybody ever bought a MIG welder and bothered to do there own
>body repairs?.
>
>It is nothing to huge and definitely not structural, mainly cosmetic
>around the back of the sills and just under the rear windscreen.
>
>But these guys are used to dealing with jap cars where every little bit
>of body is needed to hold them together.
>
>Any feedback would be much appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Gavin Williams
>WHANGAREI
>N.Z.
>
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