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1965 Chevelle Floor & Trunk Panel Repair

Our '65 Chevelle's body had some rust holes in the floor and trunk floor areas, so we created some patch panels from a parts car floor and replaced the trunk floor sections with new pieces from OPGI. The main goal was to create repairs that were not obvious without the need for lots of body filler. The approach called for making patches that fit the holes exactly, butt welding them with a MIG welder, than lightly grinding the edges to clean up the seams. The 3-piece trunk floors required drilling the spot welds from the lower braces before trimming the new panels and welding them in. Overall, it was a pretty clean repair.

SOURCE

Original Parts Group, Inc.

HTP Welders

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3"fabricator SPFX"
at Saturday, 09 August 2008 01:12by kelly

Exactly!! skin cancer is bad enough with the sun.. with the rays from welding being up to 8 times more intense.. your bound to get it. I know it sucks.. but I wear my leathers, or a long sleeve even when it's 85 to 100 outside.. (which usually means 20 degrees hotter inside.. LOL)
great job again.

2"right"
at Saturday, 12 July 2008 19:10by Kevin

Right, MIG welding can cause a sunburn effect and the spot welder can throw sparks. Be careful out there!

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at Saturday, 12 July 2008 18:59by Rob

Be sure to follow all applicable safety procedures? Come on now no safety glasses while using the spot welder and mig welding with bare arms from the rays? Come on now this is an accident waiting to happen and sets a poor example guys..

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