This has to be the worst "resto" work I've ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBM4RqiXOcQ
It would have been better if Bob had held the MIG gun with his feet.
The poor guy is serious about this too.
Shawn
This has to be the worst "resto" work I've ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBM4RqiXOcQ
It would have been better if Bob had held the MIG gun with his feet.
The poor guy is serious about this too.
Shawn
Wow, that was a very elaborate internet prank. Much more dedication than those guys that just welded a ring and pinion together.
"For gods sake Bob, put the braising rod down!!"
Understatement of the year:
"I still need to clean up the welds a bit..."
, learn to weld, my god its not hard to practice on scrap metal.
I've seen mini-trucks built exactly like that. Those shiny happy people are why I got out of that culture.
This video has been showing up on all the car boards in the last couple days - they've really hacked that poor car up.
I could not watch more than a few seconds of it.
That poor Camaro. I watched about a minute, then the film of tears made me unable to see any more. 
I think the guy is serious which makes it scary.
I will have nightmares about that car. 
OTOH, you've got to start somewhere. I would have liked to have seen more progression in quality though.
It was a worthless piece of un-restorable junk when they started so no harm there other than his pockets. I hope he made it all trading stocks so he gets something really crappy for his non work.
Hopefully it is a learning experience. My first few welding attempts weren't much better. Not sure how old the guy is, but it looks like he could use some pointers from someone with a little more practice. OK maybe a LOT of pointers. I don't think I would want to ride in it.
It might have been smarter to start this learning curve with something like a 84 Buick Century though, just saying.....no hate mail from the 84 Buick lovers please.
My god I think that I'm going to be sick...
aussiesmg wrote: , just saying.....no hate mail from the 84 Buick lovers please.
I suspect that your inbox is completely clogged by now!
Ugh.
Someone should tell Bob the days of performing abortions with coat hangers ended long ago. Spend a couple bucks and get some new pieces instead of filling the holes with "braising rod" you stole from the wife's closet.
Wally wrote: Someone should tell Bob the days of performing abortions with coat hangers ended long ago. Spend a couple bucks and get some new pieces instead of filling the holes with "braising rod" you stole from the wife's closet.
I admit, I used coat hangers to braise on new bumper mounts on my S-10 Blazer.
So where do you find these brass coat hangers ?
Any metal hanger should work. One of my more thrifty ex bosses would pull the hangers from our uniforms every week when they came in and save them.
We hired a 60-something year old man who was deaf as hell to work in our body shop once. When he was fixing a Ranger that needed a cab clip, it occurred to me why he was so freakin' deaf. Despite having all kinds of proper tool, saws, welders, etc., he cut the cab in half with a circular saw with a plywood blade on it, and it made the most god awful squeal. He then proceeded to braise it back together with a torch and coat hangers. I have to say, it looked damn good when he was done!
iceracer said: So where do you find these brass coat hangers ?
My first thought also.
16vCorey said: He then proceeded to braise it back together with a torch and coat hangers. I have to say, it looked damn good when he was done!
The best bodyman I have ever seen did all his work that way. He also didn't like Bondo, lead only for him. I had him replace the rear fender (door to tail light) on my Alfa Gulia. That was interesting. He called me up to come look when the fender came in. They had put a large sheet of metal in the press, stamped in the fender shape, and shipped it out. No trimming done!!!
At the college I used to go to I saw alot of work like that in the auto body shop. People would go out and buy a car to work on, there were a few mustangs, chevelles and stuff like that, and thats the kind of work they would do.
That video is a prime example of why flux cored welders suck.
zoomx2 wrote: That video is a prime example of why flux cored welders suck.
Hmmm, I did all the body work on the RX-7 with a flux core and it doesn't look anything like that. As a matter of fact, you can't even see where it was repaired.
BTW coat hangers work like a charm.
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