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| | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 667 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 667 | I've been doing a lot of cutting and patching on my '46 1-1/2 ton and have to say...the sheetmetal used on civilian trucks seems to be real caca. I'm no journryman welder, but I have never had metal blow out as easily as this stuff.
Of note is the fact that most of the body (it's a school bus) was not made by Chevy and seems to be leadnesium or some similar alloy. But the Chevy parts are not much better.
My understanding is that the "good stuff" rightfully went to the war effort and what went into non-critical parts on civilian stuff was pretty low quality and full of impurities.
I've been a pretty good hobby welder for 20+ years and have a couple of little Miller wire-fed migs. On just about any other metal I can keep a nice sizzle going down to 24 gauge. But this stuff? No setting seems to work on it.
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