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Subject:Re: ? Splittie rust-repairable?
From:Steven Johnson
Date:Wed, 26 Jun 1996 16:57:12 -0700 (PDT)

So Thom Fitzpatrick says:
> 
> And Edmund A. Hintz thus wrote:
> > 
> >         Looked at a '59 today here in Austin (I believe it was posted to
> > the list a few days back) and it has some hardcore cancer. Down by the
> > crossmembers that the floorpan rests on. Hardcore. Seems to me this is real
> > difficult to repair, any thoughts? The fellow has done a decent job on the
> > interior, it's in pretty fair shape, just a few spots with water damage.
> > Cute paint job too, real hippied out. The wife loves it, but I'm afraid
> > it's beyond me since I can't weld.
> 
> Anyone can weld.
> 
> Look at my '54 to see a real rust case.

Ditto to what Thom said.  Now Thom is a real persevering kinda guy so he
gets the job done in a fairly quick amount of time.  But I'm not gonna
let that stop me.  I just gotta get my other honey-dos done first in
then I'm going to go great guns on my single cab.  It's just not up
front in the queue right now.

Steven 
Sacramento, CA
sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com