Quote: You still have issues of cold lap, limited penetration, etc,
LOL - were you referring to the factory welds or the ones the owners made? The 70 k-member I'm getting ready to weld has it all, poor penetration, porosity, missing welds, etc. Its amazing the thing survived all these years without coming apart, yet there's no cracks or failures anywhere.
I whole-heartedly agree with your points but with reasonable care, technique, & proper heat settings, I can only make it stronger as the factory welds were pretty crappy:)
^^^THIS SO MUCH.^^^ Some people can break an anvil with a feather, I've seen it and fixed it. Before I became a civil servant I made plenty of $$$ fixing cars for DIY hacks. The K member that I modded was welded by a drunken monkey and though it held up, I have an engine that has more than 2X the stock HP and will pull close to 2X the G forces than the stock car could. Some people are quite naive about the engineering or execution of the construction of these old cars and ignorant of the effectiveness of aftermarket mods. "Stupid is as Stupid Does"
