1961 Jaguar E-Type FHC #43 – New Floors

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…it’s the 43RD LHD COUPE! And I just couldn’t help myself… So I cut that flap out entirely, hammer and dollied it and smoothed it in a reciprocating machine, and the re-welded it into place – VERY carefully so as not to warp it at all! I was SO worried about warpage in this case, that I skipped the continues stitch with the TIG, and just did a series of quick little tacks with the MIG – which only worked because this was heavy steel in this location. The TIG would have been fine, I think there may have been an elemnt of not feeling like getting it out for such a small weld, and it would have been completely vertical as well…

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