I just persevered with the soft grinding disc,and gave it a good burning with the gas torch,my friend Gerry then welded it (he's more experienced than I),even then it was still spattering a touch.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.