Devilboy's 1965 American 330

If you can stick arc weld you can use a wire welder. If you get a cheap wire welder get one that uses gas, not flux core wire (or get one that can use both). The little cheap (sub $400) wire welders from Harbor Freight or Campbell-Hausfeld are short-circuit arc machines and will spit and sputter by design. They work ok with flux core wire but leave a lot of mess to lean up with a grinder behind. Buy a argon/CO2 mix bottle and the difference is night and day! Added cost of the bottle, but will last a long time. I've been through three 5# spools of wire and still have gas in my small bottle. The $500+ machines are usually spray arc. Once arc starts wire never touches metal, arcs through plasma of molten wire. The short circuit machines touch the wire to the base metal, which then melts the wire, touches again, melts, ad infinitum...that's why it spits and sputters as you weld. Not real accurate scientific explanations, but close enough. If just doing light welding 1/8" or less, and not a lot of continuous welding (once it heats up and cuts off it takes a while to cool down for much more welding) it's fine. The short circuit type actually works better for sheet metal (such as body work) because it doesn't get the metal as hot.

This is a good ~$300 welder though. Not sure if it's short-circuit type or not, though from price I believe it might be. https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Electric-K2185-1-Handy-Welder/dp/B07FMBPNZN

Thanks Frank, I do have a good friend who has a decent welding set-up. We are just both kind of novices with welding. It has been since high school for me. It will get figured out between the two of us.

The car runs well, but after I got it home, has not been driven much, under 5 miles, since I got it. As soon as the transmission issue is taken care of, the engine is going to get freshened up and I will address the head. Have had Tom's site bookmarked for over a year and often check it out.

Totally structural work for now though, but I appreciate the tips.

I have done alot of interior vinyl painting with very good and long lasting results. 

A upholstery man told me to use Bully Dog Adhesive Prompter first. I have always done so. 

I plan on using the same Dupli-Color on the 69 Rambler. I think we have decided to go with a black interior on this build. 

Looking forward to meeting Ron some day. Maybe another car guy get together at Rich's house?

Having AMC Fun,

Ollie