03-29-2015, 02:29 PM
I did some sheet metal work for a friend. He has a 1976 ambulance --- looks EXACTLY like the GhostBusters ambulance --- which he's restored extensively. He took down the headline and discovered that one of the *many* roof penetrations leaked into a cabinet above the driver/passenger seats, rusting them out.
Chris went to 3 different body shops, an HVAC sheet metal shop, and was turned away from all. The body shops couldn't fabricate, the sheet metal shops couldn't weld.
He wanted to put speakers in that area, so I suggested a plywood enclosure - no pix - which mated up to the framework which had to be recreated.
The framework was basically 3 parts: a pair of "C" channels and a cosmetic face. The C channels had staple strips screwed to them to affix the headline to it.
The old frame was measured, and a wood template for the opening produced to make sure it stayed square and on size.
Chris was really happy, impressed, and overflowing with appreciation. There's something extremely pleasant about being acknowledged for having skills to solve someone else's unsolvable problem.
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Chris went to 3 different body shops, an HVAC sheet metal shop, and was turned away from all. The body shops couldn't fabricate, the sheet metal shops couldn't weld.
He wanted to put speakers in that area, so I suggested a plywood enclosure - no pix - which mated up to the framework which had to be recreated.
The framework was basically 3 parts: a pair of "C" channels and a cosmetic face. The C channels had staple strips screwed to them to affix the headline to it.
The old frame was measured, and a wood template for the opening produced to make sure it stayed square and on size.
Chris was really happy, impressed, and overflowing with appreciation. There's something extremely pleasant about being acknowledged for having skills to solve someone else's unsolvable problem.