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Old 10-16-2013, 12:10 PM   #212
bobs409
1969 Custom 30 wrecker
 
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration

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Originally Posted by sameyeam View Post
Lookin great bob, seeing all the progress makes me wanna just start taking mine apart. How was it rebuilding the box? Mine is going to need alot of new steel in the box unfortunatly. Keep up the good work cant wait to see that wrecker unit back on.
My box needed ALOT too. I found it fun to do but I'm weird like that.

One of the nice things is most of it is made of 1/8 inch thick sheet steel or thicker so welding it is a dream. You can really lay into it and put down some serious beads with no burn through.

The downside is it's hard to cut so I bought a plasma cutter and the goes right through.

What I did was just cut out and remove a few pieces at a time and weld in the new metal so everything stayed intact. (mentioned earlier in this thread)

It's a job for sure.

I'm working on another update reply for this thread. Basically done, just waiting on the antique plate to arrive now.
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63 Impala 283/PG/3.36 (under restoration)
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