[budnate]

I need to chime in and ask a question that has been on mind for many years,
Let’s see if I can word this right without causing too many problems,

Doesn’t it bother you that most of these cars are being redone in garages across the world by guys that made a trip down to Tool Town and picked up a wire feed and few pneumatic chisels and are rebuilding some car in there garage??????????????

I mean really! Here are people that have never been to any kind of school on welding etc….Doesn’t that worry you at all???

Did the welds really penetrate??? Or did you overheat the weld???

Or my favorite saying I must have heard a thousand times in different shops.
“Good enough for this Guy”. Or “I’ll let the next Guy worry about it”

I am not going to get into clipping of cars that has been covered very well so far, but I will add one thing that has not been covered, yes there was a union guy that may have not been the sharpest tool in the shed putting these cars together when new, but in his defense they were welded with nice equipment that was “calibrated” to weld properly the two metals at the time, they also were crash tested to ensure integrity of the components, and this worker was trained to use the equipment properly.

I spent enough time years ago around the dealers and body shops to confirm all that has been said in this thread, I have not been in any shops lately but I would assume they have cleaned up tremendously due the liability world we live in now.

One more page in “As the Thread Turns”.

Bud.