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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It’s a seam weld.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 5, 2018 1:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Healey List' <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Chassis seams<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Another question tonight….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Some time soonish I’m having a plate welded to the front cross-member of my MkII’s chassis. (For jacking). I grovel under the car, as best I can, and I wonder about the seam running down the centre of the chassis members…..they bulge(?) downward/outwards. And that, presumably, will hinder getting the plate on nice and flat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Now, is that seam a hollow bulge which, if ground off flush, would cause the cross-member to split? Or, is the seam a weld? ie the chassis is two U-sections welded together, top and bottom….So, a bit of judicious grinding wouldn’t hurt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>If you see what I mean…?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>