Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

Well, it looked like a decent deal for someone..

He could've used the cowl hood too.

I haven't seen, or heard anything from Darren about his car for some time now.

I've seen that hood for sale somewhere, maybe it was cl...
Butt welding panels is painstaking and I try hard to fit mine for no gap. Welding shrinks metal and only makes a gap worse for warping.

That's what I shoot for. It's hard enough to control burn thru with a small/tight gap. Trying to fill a gap is only harder.
"perfect" isn't really achievable, but the closer you can get it, the better. Letting it cool between trigger pulls is important, or the panel will expand and bind at the seam and warp.

If you have a gap and you can get behind the area you are welding, hold or clamp a piece of copper behind the area to be welded. It works as a heat sink, less chance of blowing through. I use an old piece of copper tube, flatten or shape as needed, It work well if you can get the copper tight to the sheet metal.