Mini ST Hotrod

[MiniDave]

Got a start on the welding in of the front floor....lots more to do but I'm glad to get a start at last. I've got a little gap to fix at the front end of the tunnel.
Once this one's in and solid I'll do the back half, then I'll put the subby back in and get it on its wheels.

[MiniDave]

A friend asked if I seam weld where it's not punched for plug welds and my answer was - sort of. You spot weld it, one spot at a time, but you completely weld the seam. If you try to run a bead you'll simply blow thru this thin metal. If you do manage to blow a hole, you just do a spot past it and one before, then use those to fill in the hole from one side to the other. Even tho you have to pause for a moment in between each spot, and it seems like it would take for evar, but his line only took a few minutes to do. I pass a bright light behind it once I'm done and if I missed a spot or two it's easy to go back and fill them in. Once done I run a flap disc over the welds to take down any high spots, but I don't go so far as to blend them in since it will be under the sound deadening and carpet.