My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”

[Kronald_70GMC]

We have some welds that Im finally pround of OriginalThor was out for the evening and we tried the thing out with the reverse polarity and what a DIFFERENCE! I cant believe how much nicer it works, Id have to say that was the vast majority of my problems this whole time. Just goes to show that doing your homework pays off, but you should probably do it before you start I know I said I wasnt going to bore you guys with any more weld pictures but I just have to show the diffrence so here it goes.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Now that I am sure that this is a good welder and that I want to use it, I cant just have the heavy beast sitting on my work bench. Mostly because I cannot always get the thing to reach what Im trying to weld but also, I need my work bench clear for other activities. So I decided that tonight I would build a little platform with wheels to keep it on. Pretty happy with my results and I will throw in a close up on the welds on this thing. I know you guys must really be getting sick of all the pictures of welds that Ive posted but this one really shows what a difference switching the polarity makes when working with flux core. Also you will have to excuse my mess, I am in the process of hanging as many tools as I can for quick access. Hoping to weld in my footwell next week. Thanks to everyone who has posted and the ones who have been watching silently, I know theres gotta be some you out there based on my views and you guys are keeping me inspired on this rust repair.

[72 tigger]

Nice welds- looking good!

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by 72 tigger

Nice welds- looking good!

Thanks!

[ryans69chevy]

How much of that cab are you going to have to fix to make it right? Is there a supplier up there that you get patches for pretty cheap?

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by ryans69chevy

How much of that cab are you going to have to fix to make it right? Is there a supplier up there that you get patches for pretty cheap?

Im basically doing lower firewall patches made by me, then Im replacing footwells, front floor patch panels, rear floor patch panels, inner rockers. Then I have a whole used cab support that I got off my grandpa that only has 1 small rust hole. Then it will be lower front and rear pillars, cab corners, and rockers. Then its on to mods from there. Haha its alot of work but I enjoy it. All my panels came from lmc truck. They are so-so, some slight mods required so far.

[ryans69chevy]

I gotcha. Yea it's a lot of work! When I'm working on my stuff I'm trying to figure out how body shops do it so much quicker... and how people could afford that! Good gosh I spent all weekend shaving my drivers side cowl vent and I'm about half done. Unbelievable!

I have to replace all that stuff on my cab, plus some. I finally called a distributor in MN last week and got talked into a complete floor since it was basically like $75 more than all the patches added up. I was gonna suggest something like that for you too. There is still time to reconsider! Lol