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jeffsu350

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Tomarrow I start my 50 hour journey to becoming certified in Mig welding. Basically, I want to be able to do a lot of the body work myself, to cut down on cost, and to be more hands on.

My question is, I have replacement rear fenders, and replacement rocker pannels.

both original fenders are basically there, but rusted through in spots, and the rocker pannels are basically missing.

How should i go about removing the old fenders so that i can easily weld the new fenders and rocker pannels on.

I was thinking that a cut-off wheel leaving some edge, how much, to weld too, any process is apprieciated
 

Bugeye58

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Jeff, take the paint off at the seams and locate the spot welds. Get a spot weld cutter and remove them, grind away the remains of the welds, line up the new sheet metal, and re-spot weld them on. Piece of cake. The same holds true for the rockers.
Be warned, however, that I think the Brits got paid by the weld! There sure were a lot of them on mine!
Jeff
 
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