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Once done, shove
the two sections

of body together
to see how they
will line up.

TOMMY RING
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making sur
making sur
making sure all lines are right, tack about every 4
way, and prop the section remaining up to cut the making sure all lines are right, tack about every 4 e all lines are right, tack about every 4 e all lines are right, tack about every 4
second set of lines. to 5 inches. After this you can fi ll in the tacks with
Once done, shove the two sections of body short welds at super low temp to prevent body
together to see how they will line up. The one tool warping. After this a grinder can do wonders to
that is a must is a body strap. It can be a buckled hide all of the ugliness. Now don’t count us out at
strap like you secure a load or a car with, or even this point, because I realize the body looks short
a come-along if that’s all you have. You can wrap and tall, but after narrowing the body next issue,
the body, and start ratcheting it together little and then dropping the top 6”, the issue after that,
by little. Make sure that all of your body lines are you will see that it’s gonna work as a Hotrod. All the
coming together properly. You can make two tack more reasons to not miss any issues of the Willy’s
welds on each side of the top, two at the bottom build from scratch to fi nish. Stay tuned and Happy
of the pillars, and two at extreme bottoms. After RatRodding!

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