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["Jim Ray" <jim AT neuse.net>]

While I had wished to keep my fleet vehicle anonymous so no one thinks we are making too much money around here, I did have to get some welding done in my 2001 minivan on some kind of engine/transmission bracket thingie and am well pleased with the folks that helped:

 

Jimmy White

White-Wall Auto Repair

3300 Hillsborough St.

Raleigh, NC 27607

919-832-5239

 

Jimmy is a friend of one of my customers that has been with me for 10 years and has always done right by me.

 

I sold the Porcshe 930 ten years ago, got married and had children. Now for an extra turbo boost in the minivan, I open the driver side door while going down the highway and kick really, really hard.

 

Regards,

 

Jim

 

Jim Ray, President
Neuse River Networks
tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772
http://www.NeuseRiverNetworks.com

 

Connecting You to the World since 1997 with Managed Services, IT Outsourcing and Network Communications Systems for Voice, Video and Data

 

From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lyman Green
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:48 PM
To: 'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'
Subject: [internetworkers] metal shop/welding shop

 

OK, I know this might not be the right place but it seems you all have some widely varied skillsets and knowledge:

 

OK, I'm trying to install some new "retro style" seatbelts into my '74 Nova.  To make a long story short, I'd like to have two brackets constructed, as the ones that come the replacement kit are not appropriately sized for the hardware in the car.  Metal work being out of my skillset I am looking for a metal shop/welding shop that could construct the parts for me.  They don't have to really look nice, just be sturdily made and fit for the application I want them for.

When I was a kid in CT I'd have known where to get this done, there was a place that welded in a floor panel on my '76 Volare that I was driving as a teenager, and there were a few shops like it as well around the area I lived in.  I have no idea around here - plus it's 20 years later and I don't bet many places can do this and make money anymore.

I'm totally guessing but I'd bet it would cost 20 or 30 bucks TOPS in metal, and then an hour or two for someone to cut the metal to the size I need, drill two holes, and weld a threaded bolt haft to the plate.  I could be way off base, no idea.  I just know what I need for this seatbelt replacement project.

Anyone know a garage or welding shop or metal shop that might be able to do this?  Barring that, is anyone on the list skilled enough/has the tools to do this?

 

Lyman

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