Welders are heavy but the car just got lighter!

Today we made some major headway.  We started by building a much needed cart for our very heavy welder.  Now, instead of carrying it around the garage, we can wheel it with ease.  Steve decided to practice his welding on this project.  We went to a steel supply shop in Kissimmee this morning to purchase a length of angle iron (big piece of steel).

   

    Me and Steve in the welding mask, being silly.

   

                 Our big piece of steel.

Then we cut the steel to lengths, mitered the edges and welded it together.  We then welded casters to the bottom. (We could have just bolted them but welding is much more fun.) Now our little welder (Nascar edition!!!) is mobile...

 

The cart that Steve welded all by himself!

 

 

With that success, we turned our attention back to the donor "car".  We needed to cut off the rear torsion housing from the front portion of the frame. 

 cutting on the frame.... 

 more cutting...

Three cut off wheels, a zillion sparks, one Sawzall, and a B.F.H. (big hammer) later, we had the rear loose.  

 Our cutoff wheels, one new and one used.  

           Can you guess which is which?

 Steve with the Sawzall and B.F.H.

 The pieces are separated!

 

Woohoo.  Almost nothing left of that bug now.

Now the next step for us is to clean up the cuts we made today, finish disassembling the rear end and remove the rust.  Then we will begin assembling the frame and attaching all these lovely pieces to it!  We are making good progress.  Elwood is also doing a fantastic job supervising our endeavors. 

 Supervisor...

 ...bored with supervising...