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posted on February 4th, 2007 at 04:27 PM
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Um, a few months back I found some rust in front end of kombi and panicked! :-D

I then inquired here to kombi's value in rusty state and later posted it for sale... sorta.

I have decided to get my hands dirty and have a go at fixin' it.

So, anyways, I have created a pic gallery of kombi: Shano Insano's Rusty Kombi

Having read welding sticky but not having any experience at welding whatsoever do you guys have any suggestions as how to proceed?



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posted on February 4th, 2007 at 04:42 PM



First step would be to acquire a quality MIG welder. I would suggest no less than 140 Amp power and for best results hire a gas bottle and weld with BOC Argoshield 52 gas or equivalent. I suggest not using flux cored 'gasless' wire. This excercise will probably cost you up to $800 minimum for the machine, safety gear and gas. Up to you to decide if that is suitable for you.

You can also do a course at a TAFE college and learn welding, panel beating and spray painting. All up to you to decide if you want to go down that path.



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posted on February 11th, 2007 at 04:05 PM



A welding course at TAFE certainly sounds like a plan.

I'm fairly competent at panel work, bogging, fibre glassing and paint etc just not the welding bit ;-)

I even considered brazing sections, but, yeah you are right, get myself to TAFE ...

For those interested:

Nose skin replacement panel.
http://www.classicveedub.com.au/ClassicVeeDub.asp 

And
http://www.ratwell.com/ 

And from his site:
http://www.ratwell.com/technical/WindshieldRepair.html 

And from that page:
http://www.hrps.demon.nl/jwbus/winframe.htm 
http://www.type2.com/des/vw/bluto/windshield/ 
http://www.specialpatrolgroup.co.uk/spooky/windscreen/screen.html 
http://www.metwiz.com/nose/nose.html 



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