Plain and simple I need sheetmetal welding done to my car in the COWL area. I need a new one so , I have the part and I just need a welder. You will be paid well if the job is done right. (I.m thinking $1000 as a min. payment). I live in chattanooga, TN. Please reply if you can help or know someone who can help for a decent price.
I know it's involved but that offer sounds a bit high, maybe not? If I were you I would stop in at JJ's and ask if he does it or can give you a reference for someone who will do a good job. JJ's Classic Mustang Parts Inc, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Otherwise I'd attend your local mustang clubs meeting and ask.
Jon
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1967 Coupe 333ci CandyApple Red w/red int., AOD, 9" 3.50:1, Front PDB
'09 Warriors In Pink V6 w/glass roof - wife's Stang
If you drilled out the couple hundred spotwelds and cleaned up the area, I can help weld in the new pieces. With my projects I just don't have the time to drill all them out. If this is a really nice car someone will charge a lot more to fix and repaint the car.
I know it's involved but that offer sounds a bit high, maybe not? If I were you I would stop in at JJ's and ask if he does it or can give you a reference for someone who will do a good job. JJ's Classic Mustang Parts Inc, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Otherwise I'd attend your local mustang clubs meeting and ask.
Jon
JJ's is gonna charge me $2500, JUST FOR THE LABOR. I am fully aware of how grandis the job is, but $2500?!?!
Anyway, I am offering to pay someone that much, not do it for that much. (Sorry if I confused you) and as far as someone else, there is noone else in chattanooga that can do the job so...yeeeeaaah. I am in a deadlock.
If you drilled out the couple hundred spotwelds and cleaned up the area, I can help weld in the new pieces. With my projects I just don't have the time to drill all them out. If this is a really nice car someone will charge a lot more to fix and repaint the car.
I dont think you can help b/c youre in AL and cause I have done nothing to the cowl area at all. My uncle suggested that it was the SIDE of the cowl that was leaking and had me put roofing tar along the ends. Thats the only thing I've done and it still wouldn't work. He also suggested that I have the cowl "tacked " in and not welded cause a tack is stronger than a weld he says.
The car is in decent shape outside, it just needs a new cowl (and new floors pretty soon if I dont hurry and get this done)
It's not all that involved to take the fenders off, TMR it was like 10-12 bolts on each fender and you could leave the headlight buckets/valence attached to the car. I'd do that first and see what you are working with. You'll be able to see the drain holes and look inside the cowl through the access holes that have rubber plugs.
This way you could also email pics to the two people who already offered to help with the welding. As mentioned if it has to be replaced if you can do the untrained labor of drilling out all the spot welds and cleaning up the metal then the welding won't take so long and they'd be more apt to take on th job. There is a special bit for driling out spot welds that doesn't take out more metal than necessary compared to just taking a drill bit and drilling them out.
Jon
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"If it ain't broke, I haven't fixed it yet"
-Jon-
1967 Coupe 333ci CandyApple Red w/red int., AOD, 9" 3.50:1, Front PDB
'09 Warriors In Pink V6 w/glass roof - wife's Stang
The fact that you said un-weld the cowl kinda scares me a bit. You should probably do a search to see what all is actually involved in removing a cowl. Even if you are not planning on doing any of it yourself, you should at the very least educate yourself on what has to happen. This will at least insure you are not relying on an uncle that most likely has no idea what is going on to tell you how you or whoever does it needs to do the repair. The hood and fenders have to come off and the windshield must come out. After that, there are a bunch of spot welds that need to be drilled out (to do it right). If your doing a cowl, you will not want to do it again anytime soon. This is one area not to try shortcuts (in my opinion). The best thing to do (from a learning perspective as well as financially) is to go ahead and tear into it and post up some pics so you can be helped out like Jon said. However, if you are not looking to get into it yourself then you should expect to stroke the checkbook because not too many people will be excited about doing a cowl repair. Do some price checks with other shops (after you know what your are asking out of them). Chattanooga is not the only place to get work done. You might luck up and find someone to do it for less. Just make sure you know what they are doing (and they know what they are doing as well).
The fact that you said un-weld the cowl kinda scares me a bit. You should probably do a search to see what all is actually involved in removing a cowl. Even if you are not planning on doing any of it yourself, you should at the very least educate yourself on what has to happen. This will at least insure you are not relying on an uncle that most likely has no idea what is going on to tell you how you or whoever does it needs to do the repair. The hood and fenders have to come off and the windshield must come out. After that, there are a bunch of spot welds that need to be drilled out (to do it right). If your doing a cowl, you will not want to do it again anytime soon. This is one area not to try shortcuts (in my opinion). The best thing to do (from a learning perspective as well as financially) is to go ahead and tear into it and post up some pics so you can be helped out like Jon said. However, if you are not looking to get into it yourself then you should expect to stroke the checkbook because not too many people will be excited about doing a cowl repair. Do some price checks with other shops (after you know what your are asking out of them). Chattanooga is not the only place to get work done. You might luck up and find someone to do it for less. Just make sure you know what they are doing (and they know what they are doing as well).
Therein lies the issue. Everyone I talk to about it says only JJ'S does it right. Also, I've already done the research and found an excellent site that explains it. I also found a pdf on it as well. I just need help!! As in we work on taking the parts off. Then, me or the person, unweld it then PROPERLY weld it back.
The fact that I am from Al should have nothing to do with it. I am less than two hours away. $2500 really doesn't sound bad if they are drilling the spot welds and re-welding them. Most people do not have a spot welder that can get in all the spots. What the rest of the world does is called plug welding. You punch a hole in the new metal and weld it back in place thru the hole. It is kinda like a spot weld from one side. If you bought me a roll of wire and gas for my car I could weld them up in a few hours if everything was ready and pre-fit. I also might make you say ROLL-TIDE a few times while I am welding.:-) I have a friend in Ringwald Ga and he said JJ's is the best if you are looking for someone to do the work.
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