A while back we showed you an ATV that was booger welded together so badly that even calling it booger welding is giving what we saw too much credit. That blog item spurred the collective memory of the RideTech staff and we got the below photo from them. These guys are under a LOT of cars every summer at shows they attend because RideTech often offers a free weighing service so people can see what their car weighs and where that weight is on the corners. This is handy information when it comes to suspension tuning and other areas of ride quality. Needless to say, not every car they climb under is a Ridler winner.
Take this gas tank for example. Would you look at this and say, “OK, let’s hit the road!” Or would you look at this and say, “What the SWEARWORD, SWEARWORD, BLANKING SWEARWORD, HECK, SWEARWORD.” We’ve seen brides spanning rivers with less welding on them. Stuff like this really makes you appreciate the work that you see when you unbox new parts, see a chassis builder in action, watch a sheet metal intake get built, and otherwise observe a real welder in action. My buddy Jon over at Tube Chassis Designz likes to joke about “safety welds”. What’s that? A “safety weld” is another crappy glob of material on top of an already junky welding job. This sump is easily the most “safety welded” piece in automotive history.
The good new is that the car must be one hookin’ SOB with all that weight down low in the extreme rear of the car. Wheelstands anyone?
Thanks to Bret and crew for the photo….anyone else got any horrible welding photos? Send them to [email protected]
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Looks like weld ” leprosy”.
“See there Vern, I tolt ya I could weld that sucker up an save you all that money that fancy welder dude wanted. Got another beer?”
I’d trust it to leak.
Just proof you can buy buckets of spot weld…….
Those welds were put on too cold, the welder should have turned up the heat.
The welder’s technical term for this is called “bird shit”.
Looks like the Tin Man took a dump.
hmmmmm……is it possible there are pigeons nesting between the trunk floor & the fuel tank? Cuzz it sure looks like they’ve been dumping all over that fuel tank:):)
In Australia we call that Cocky shit
That reminds me; I need to pick up some Big League Chew.
looks like he was chasing holes .
Chasing holes?! Looks like they were welding the same way a cat chases a laser pointer.
Grapes of Wrath
I’m more curious how they pulled off that weld… dang, it’s impressive in its awfulness.
NFW
as someone who works for a living in welding quality control this makes me cry and vomit at the same time.