Greg Weld's 65 Mustang fastback track car - Lateral-g Forums

MX145 · #1 05-20-2014, 06:40 AM

Thanks for bringing that up again! Made for a good morning laugh! I probably would have done the same thing.

**GregWeld** · #2 05-20-2014, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MX145

Thanks for bringing that up again! Made for a good morning laugh! I probably would have done the same thing.

It was the semantics..... I swear!

I read the rules 5 times -- they never said "Green GROUP" or "Yellow GROUP"....
And I didn't even know about run groups at that time.

Regardless -- the story is true and I still laugh.

A few weeks later -- I walk in to Brizio's shop and the guy behind the counter is telling me how hard he laughed at this little 'snafu'... GD Charley had called them and spilled the beans. Just shoot me....

**Sieg** · #3 05-20-2014, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

A few weeks later -- I walk in to Brizio's shop and the guy behind the counter is telling me how hard he laughed at this little 'snafu'... GD Charley had called them and spilled the beans. Just shoot me....

Charlie is a special kind of special.

**GregWeld** · #4 05-20-2014, 05:39 PM

I know you guys think I don't do much.... but besides the brakes -- new tires -- it gets an oil change and filter after EVERY event....

This time I will also repack the inner and outer wheel bearings... and of course - nut and bolt everything I can get to.

**syborg tt** · #5 05-21-2014, 06:44 AM

Well you do have a pretty big garage with some cool tools in it so I figured you actually worked on your cars.

**GregWeld** · #6 05-21-2014, 08:02 AM

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Well you do have a pretty big garage with some cool tools in it so I figured you actually worked on your cars.

Seems lately that I only work on "others" cars Marty.

Did a quickie fuel tank extension project for my brother in laws Camaro last weekend -- and made him a different fuel line...

I didn't have time to build him a whole new tank from scratch -- so he'll just have to wait til the new shed is set up this winter. In the meantime - he can cruise this summer without being so worried about where the next gas station is.

That POR 15 is tough stuff!!!!

Needed to open up the bottom anyway - so cut out the old fuel pick up tubes

Punched it with some new holes....

The tank was so warped there was not a single "square" or flat panel on it.... UGH --- What a lot of work to try to get the new extended area to at least appear to be flat and straight!

STUPID TANK!! Wouldn't stand on it's own..... SO a few clamps and some legs and now I could do a little TIG work.

I had nowhere for my hands to rest --- so had to bend up the torch and weld running the bead towards me.... OH MY -- this is easy for the girls that do welding day in and day out -- but for those of us that weld sporadically -- it's work!

26 sticks of fill later....... Thank god for TIG FINGERS!!! They really do help with the heat!

**syborg tt** · #7 05-21-2014, 08:09 AM

I have no clue how you can weld an old gas tank. It has always scares the heck out of me. We had a kid at a local repair
shop die last summer when he tried to fix a leaky tank. It exploded and fortunately it killed him immediately and he didn't suffer.

ps I will be bringing my car over soon