I used to own and love a '73 Black Tulip BGT, until it was accident-damaged
and written off (NOT my fault!) about 6 1/2 years ago. This weekend I went
to look at a near-identical car for sale near me.
This car has been off the road for some time, but looks in quite reasonable
shape (for the price!), and shouldn't take much too get it roadworthy again
(I hope!). The only major body problem is the drivers side inner sill - or
rather lack of it! The outer sill is there and mostly sound, the inner sill
above the floor is fine, but the inner sill below the floor is pretty much
non-existant. The jacking point is barely hanging on, and part of the
tranverse floor stiffener is pretty bad, although the floor itself seems
sound enough. Apart from this, the body is pretty sound, just the occasional
surface rust patch that you'd expect, and a 1" hole in the front wing - the
passenger side sill looks perfect, oddly!
Anyway, my question is this - for a home mechanic who is pretty competant,
but has never learned to weld, how stupid an idea is it to make a sill job
my first learning welding experience? How much (in the UK) should I pay for
a useable welding kit?
Thanks a lot,
Richard Gosling
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