That's very nice work, and I'm sure it will be stiffer, which is good.

I pressured washed the grease off of mine and then lightly sand blasted it so it would be clean and easy to weld. Wrong, I found all the grease inside when I started welding the edges. So stopped and got 95% of the grease out so I could weld the edges. Maybe stupid or over kill, I wanted them welded.

I can say it all made a huge difference in how my 71 handles compared to my stock 74, big difference for the better. Worth doing for sure.

I used .035" wire with 75/25 gas.

Before, it was pretty much bare metal from light blasting, then got rusty when I had to steam clean the inside a second time. I had planned on blasting a second time after welding.


Nothing warped and it fit right on the car. I went over every factory weld, some even missed!

I mig welded most of it. I tig welded the washers and lower control arm reinforcement plates.
Got another sand blasting before paint. Wet paint! almost forgot to take a picture of it bare.


Shouldn't grind on a weld. Last one, eye candy. Factory sway bar laying on the floor.