I have a century 125GL flux core wire welder my family gave me. I think its essentialy the same as Shipwright's Hobart. I have probably pushed 50 lbs of weld wire through the thing on various projects. If you look at my sig you can go to the web page showing my truck. I made the whole flatbed for that rig with that welder. I recently welded back together a 1947 CJ2a including a busted flange on the exhaust manifold just today.
I found an old bed frame on the side of the road and welded that into one of the main cross members of the heep to stiffen in up a bit. I used the welder to weld up holes with a home made welding spoon and to weld in new floor boards, step plates, and braces to the crap parts of the frame.
I also got a victor performer gas rig (oxy/act). I highly recommend the blue flame speed wrench which makes taking apart any old rusty nut/bolt much easier. If done right, you almost never break a bolt off. This tool no doubt saved me HOURS in dissassembly of the 59. And I used it to cut up the crapped out old utility box to scrap out.
I later, on a whim, bought a Henrob cutting/welding gun for use with the gas bottles and that's all I use now. The Henrob is really hot and can make tiny flames or cut through the thick stuff. When you do it right, you can cut just about like a plasma torch. But I use a harbor frieght chop saw for most cuts. The last thing I did with the henrob was bend a piece of 7/16ths steel into a retaining pin to secure the tow bar on my 47 cj2a heep.
