Reply to "lower A arm faillure."

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Originally posted by accobra:
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Explain to me exactly the level of welding technology available in 1970 for production car components.

A lot of the Mustang components are mild steel, and that's for cost reasons. There is little difference with the thinking in the Pantera production.

The best I can do it relate to a personal friend who lived in Italy during this period and he states the technology was a wire feed welder flux core ...no gas. works well on heavy gauge steel. The welds on my 79 GTS Embo chassis looks like very little spot welding was used ..
I have noticed most 60's and 70's a arms are of the pressed steel manufacturing process rather then major welded components ... similar to that of the mustang upper and lowers ... camaro upper and lowers.

OK, but what's the issue with that type of welding? Does it make the steel brittle?

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