Soon the filler... For my Pontiac 59 trim, I can’t find a welder who can weld.. I’ll try an invisible binding system..
Faut trouver un soudeur super experimenté alors!! moi j'en connais pas. Déja quand je lis le commentaire d'un gars sur un autre forum : "- I have welded many thin stainless trims and its not easy besides the fact they are usually lower grade stainless (magnetic) , they still dont rust if kept clean but more modern stainless have different higher grade alloys and that usually result in a slightly different “color” of the polished stainless in the weld . This means the added welding-rod needs to be same grade stainless as the sidetrims . I have both tried MIG and TIG welding and I have to discourage MIG-welding , partly because it splatter molten metal that can stick to the trim and its very hard to not melt thru = the trim needs to be protected on both sides of the weld for this reason even for TIG welding . On the other hand TIG-welding also needs to be cranked down to not melt thru and the weld puddle oxidize on the back side where the melted puddle is exposed to air . When the pros weld stainless pipe they use a secondary argon source which protect the back side but I never tried that … "
Quand on soude de l'inox, il faut systématiquement protéger l'arrière de la soudure avec de l'argon pour éviter le rochage, il y aura obligatoirement une différence de teinte puisque tu ne peux pas avoir un métal d'apport identique aux baguettes. Ensuite il faut passivé la soudure pour pas que ça rouille. Les soudeurs pro en général font du tuyautage, de la rambarde et du portail : c'est pas eux qu'il faut aller voir, faut trouver un qui fait de l'alimentaire, de l'échappement inox ou de la restauration de voitures mais qui connaît la soudure sur inox très fin (moins facile à trouver que les 2 autres) Alternativement comme tu dis, insérer un clip long pour maintenir l'alignement avec une ou deux vis à cet endroit si les baguettes sont parfaitement coupées ça se ne verra quasiment pas. Ce sera beaucoup moins cher aussi.
Finally once out I don’t like it! the door is too short I go back to work and pull back the pillar by 7 cm ! It’s much better this way!
If it was easy anyone could do it...we are our own most serious critic so yeah Vedette was talking to you...and you responded as difficult as the hill is to climb...still looks wonderful... I just thought of something you may have or already have thought through... Does the front seat tilt / hinge forward for passengers to access?
No stogy.. I’ll change the seat so that it can tilt or install another one.. but it’s not a problem I have all the time to think about it!
Amazing craftsmanship! The Vedette was built by Simca and the V8 engines they used originally were the French Ford V8 60. The V8 60 was known for it's lack of power in the US but the French Vedettes that used their version of it were scary enough to make me need to change my shorts. My neighbor had one in the '50s. The kid would only drive that poor thing wide open. I only rode with him once in that thing.
Going forward is the way to go; sometimes I find myself going in reverse or remaining static. However, I prefer forward even though I am 82 years old.
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