[FC] metal work

[J R Read_HML]

Seems to me that someone on FC (maybe VV?) had built and aluminum one about 
2 years ago.  Perhaps there is an archive of that.  I don't know if FC even 
has an archive location, but it seems like they would.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wern3 at juno.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: [FC] metal work


>I am assembling a new gas tank from sheet metal to replace the old tank 
>that failed last weekend on my '61 Rampy after I tried to repair it with 
>fiberglass. The plan is to assemllbe it with spot welds, then seal the 
>seams with lead solder or braze it tight. I once saw (in the late 70's) a 
>crew assembling Impalas at the old Janesville assy. plant. They were using 
>a gas torch and what looked like soft lead sticks smoothed witha spatula to 
>fill body gaps where the roof panel joined the "C" pillar. My experiments 
>with plumbers solder and flux I use for sweating copper water pipes have 
>been a failure on sheet metal, Anyone on here know what combination of flux 
>and solder that man was using on sheet metal??
> Thanks
> Tim '61 Rampy
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