A look at how bad the 1968 Dodge Charger k frames were welded by the factory

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30) 09/30/2020 at 16:27 • Filed to: Welding, weldopnik, weldporn

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So safe! This was after lunch on a Friday I bet , they drank at lunch back then too. But it says a lot of them are like this. Was Borsuq alive and welding back then? 

Darkbrador > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 16:36

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They don’t make ‘em like they used to ... 

sn4cktimes > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 16:43

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This worries me as to my Rampage’s L-Body weld quality... Especially considering I often use it as a truck with stuff in the back.

MUSASHI66 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 16:49

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So not much has changed in the build quality, huh?

Future next gen S2000 owner > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 16:51

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Gotta keep that line moving!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > MUSASHI66 09/30/2020 at 17:13

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Well my Dodge from 1952 is great, but the military wouldn’t stand for that I’m sure!

CaptDale - is secretly British > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 17:28

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Foreman that day :  “Let the apprentice do this car.”

Brickman > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 17:32

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One job I am glad robots took over. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 17:35

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My ‘71 GMC Vandura has similarly crappy welds in its body.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > CaptDale - is secretly British 09/30/2020 at 17:48

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Oh well Joe, try again tomorrow! 

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 17:57

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I see nothing wrong here...

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 17:59

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I am Dash’s complete lack of surprise.

Nom De Plume > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 18:09

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What’d you expect.  It’s dodgy.

ranwhenparked > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 18:12

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Chrysler’s quality was pretty much top in the industry right up until they decided to cut corners to rush  the 1957 Forward Look bodies into production, it's been spotty ever since. Basically, great when WP Chrysler and KT Keller called the shots, iffy after.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Nom De Plume 09/30/2020 at 18:12

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Les mots juste!

ranwhenparked > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 18:14

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Scott Newstead at Coldwarmotors found one body structural member that had never been welded on at all and was just rattling loose inside the quarter panel when he was dismantling his '60 Fury body to splice it onto that '60 Dart floor pan

sony1492 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 18:25

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“ NUmberS MatCHiNg, All original"

Urambo Tauro > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/30/2020 at 19:29

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That’s terrifying