Question about a seam....

[RosharonRooster]

If I wanted to do away with this seam here, what would be the proper way? Just weld it up like it was 2 pieces of sheet metal butted up against?

Fiberglass filler?

Would there be any down side to doing away with this factory seam?

I borrowed the picture from Google for reference..

Thank you

 

[chevman]

Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they did that kind of seam in high stress areas to allow slight movement and not show a crack, so I would leave it.

 

[RosharonRooster]

Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they did that kind of seam in high stress areas to allow slight movement and not show a crack, so I would leave it.

I figured there was a reason it was there.

 

[dhutton01]

For a show car I would weld it up or braze it.

Don

 

[MP&C]

Some of those seam were used because the press tooling would not punch said shape in one fell swoop. The other reason for that style of seam is that spot/pinch weld seams get things moving down the assembly line so much quicker. I would butt weld that seam without a second thought. We eliminated most of the pinch welds and leaded seams on the 55 wagon.

 

[RosharonRooster]

Some of those seam were used because the press tooling would not punch said shape in one fell swoop. The other reason for that style of seam is that spot/pinch weld seams get things moving down the assembly line so much quicker. I would butt weld that seam without a second thought. We eliminated most of the pinch welds and leaded seams on the 55 wagon.

Thank you.