[DMCForum] Re: Just don't look at it
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Does this mean we're caravaning to Fall Foliage? (Don't break anything
else...)

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> Ok. Many of you wanted to know how the front-end welding is going, so 
> here's the update:
> 
> The car will be done when I get out of work. Total cost: $550.00. 
> (including towing). I'll be able to drive it home.
> 
> For Bill R: Yes, he used some tube steel in the reconstruction. Hope 
> you're happy. ;-)
> 
> Even though I forgot to tell him that the steering rack was sliding 
> around, he figured that out for himself and realized something was 
> missing so he secured it by welding a tab to hold it in place. He put 
> a few pieces of box steel from a car frame across the "Y". He says 
> this will shore up the control arm mounts.
> 
> He said as he worked on it more and more, he became more confident 
> that the repair would be a good one. He says he's in "overkill" mode 
> now, just making sure that it's strong. He said it'll hold without a 
> doubt, it just won't look factory, but it will be a lot neater than 
> he thought it would.
> 
> I told him I didn't give a d*$^ if it looked factory or not because 
> it's under the car. So....if non-factory work makes you queasy, just 
> don't look at it.
> 
> Sigh...even us closet/wannabe historians gotta bend sometimes.
> 
> 
> Rich &
> #5335



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