Re: IML: 1956 Horn Ring//2//3/4

Imperialists:

I just spoke with the shop that performed the work on my horn ring. His recollection is that we are 'lucky' in that there must be a high content of 'real steel' in our rings, as opposed to the nowadays common white metal or weaker pot metals of yore as he says it was a heli-arc weld which did the job: lots of heat which the ring could withstand to make a nice fix. I will try and get a picture of the finished product pre-dip as soon as I can. I must note, too, mine was broken in two spots: the ever-popular where the ring meets the cross member "T", as well as 'in line' on said cross member, and still the job is more than satisfactory.

ybshore

In a message dated 5/4/2007 3:44:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Since this seems to be a common need in the 55/56
cars, it'd be nice to see photos and a write up of
what was done (on the club site?) for reference.

I have a NOS-looking ring that got snapped.

I've been looking at solutions, and the fabrication
route seemed most likely, since using JB weld in back
failed, and I wasn't aware that welding was a real
possibility.

I can have them fabricated, I think, but it'll be
expensive. If it were easy, someone would have done
it and they'd be common...

Can we see the results of the welding work and a
commentary on the technique?

-Kenyon