Delicate welding? Can this be saved?

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Can something like this be saved?



I haven't seen this in person, but it looks like the metal is very thing at the bottom. Hard to say how high up the lettering it goes until great, healthy metal is found.

Can this be saved? If not cutting and welding new steal in place, are there other techniques to preserve it and then add in the missing areas? Like fiberglass or something similar?

This is totally new, hypothetical territory for me right now.

I bet Oily can put 2 and 2 together...Shhhhhhhh!

[jeffwho]

Just buy it so you will stop trying to steal mine, you hoser

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I'm going to steal your jeep and swipe your lunette.

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I was contemplating buying this, so I could at least have my Ford Script tub. However, it has sold.

I'm still curious...hypothetically speaking now...could this portion of the rear panel have been saved? if so, how would you have gone about making the repairs in order to save the majority of the script lettering?

[jeffwho]

I'd give you my opinion, but I think everyone already knows what that's worth here. I'll shoot this over to Max to refer to his friend who works in a fab shop. I'm sure these other smiths might know as well, I am just trying to post something serious (IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT)

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If you had room to lay a piece behind it for support ( steel ) and got rid of all rust first, you could spend some time and save it. You could fiberglass or lead it, and then work and work until satisfied. Hard to tell until the rust is removed just how bad it really is. Hood louvers and lettering is very hard to straighten and do body work on. You would need desire. We all know when it comes to WW2 Jeeps, you have the disease! Oil

[athawk11]

How I might have tried this…

I would cut out the Ford embossment. Next, remove as little amount of bad steel as I can from the lower edge of the lettering.

Next, cut out and weld in a new full size fresh patch on the back panel.

Next, cut out my fresh steel in the shape of the trimmed down embossment, then weld the embossment back in.

Next, build up the part of the lettering that I had to remove by layering welds back on. Smooth these welds into the shape of the lettering that had to be removed. A small die grinder may be helpful here.

Only drawback to this would be how it looks on the inside face, but if you wanted to, you could probably grind the inside to look good too.

Tim