I have the grill from my dad's fleetline that we will hopefully be getting one day. but it is cracked in the front. Is this something that is weldable? I am at a work place now with people who actually know how to weld really well. so i know that if it is doable they could do it well. if i bugged them enough. but i vaguel remember being told once that older grills do not reweld well.
The problem with early cast metal is that they are cast with a conglomeration of **** from the factory...therefore welding them is risky at best...becuz one portion may hold the heat while another will simply melt away...if the repairs are small holes you mite get away with it...anything larger and I'd say find a new one...there's plenty of '47'-/48 Chevies laying around...and any models in those two years interchange... R-
is it a stainless piece that is cracked? I had a crack in my Buick grill that is stainless and it welded up nice. Pot metal....now thats another story.
Don't know where your located BUT "lurker" Denny from the Ionia Hot rod Shop in Inonia, Michigan welded up large holes in my pot metal grill pieces. His shop specializes in making frames. He's an awesome welder. He did such a nice job on my grill pieces that he received compilments from Steve, the owner at Advance Plating, when I took him my pieces for plating. Perhaps if Michigan isn't a viable option for you, you could find a shop simliar around you if the guys at the shop your at now aren't comfortable with it. I certainly wouldn't trust a guy who had never done it before.
thank you all very much. i think that i might have them try it i mean what do i have to lose right. one of the guys has done lots of cars before. so he might know what he is doing. he is just ornery. thanks again
ornery guys are usually the ones that know what they're doing.watch out for the guy who thinks it will be easy.he won't take it serious and it will likely end up mangled...
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