I am going to keep my challenger all steel. Does anyone weld in tubs and or the sheet metal or is all of it riveted? This car will be driven on the street. Any pics would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Josh

www.bigwigracecars.com for nice tin work

Depends on what you are going after ,
Mini tub ?

Big tubs ?

Being welded in makes it substantially stronger, whether stitched or spot welded (stitch preferred), although if the welds aren't "pretty" and you don't intend to use carpet, it could be a little unsightly. We usually weld sheetmetal and rivet aluminum. One thing to consider, if it will be street driven, is over the years the constant flexing (however slight that may be) from driving over uneven surfaces, cornering, ect., will eventually shear some of the rivets off. You can rivet a few panels you think you may want to remove/replace in the future. If you weld the tubs in, I would caulk the seam between the 1/4 and tub.

Car is back halved right now. I am going to carpet over everything (besides trunk). I was thinking stitch welding and using seam sealer like you said JCRVETTE.

I seen a car that was back halfed last year that the sheet steel was welded in. The guy had every tack about 2" apart . It looked neat in one way and crapy in another. The welds were neat not burned thru or chicken drops. I'd go with large headed rivets even if you had to re-drill and replace once in awhile, or weld and carpet.

I did all my tin work with sheet metal and welded everything.

So did you paint it or carpet? Ya did a real nice detailed job.

Man, I have to give credit where due.
That is some beautiful work.

Nice pics! You guys have any downside to welding? What seam sealer did you guys use?

I used sikaflex ( black ) great stuff. I tried a tube of that 3m product and had to wait 4-5 days for it to dry up and my shop is heated.