After a -lot- of consideration and planning, I decided not to pull the trigger on the M715. The logistics would kill me, I have a one car carport(the J10), and enough room to park two others(the drivers - My Wrangler and the Wifes Kia). And that's it, no real yard to speak of and no where I can store it/work on it.
Renting, sucks. Renting in town, sucks even more.
The good news, is that since this project is going ahead, I bought a Hobart wire welder. Should arrive by the end of next week.
Hobart 125 115V (Yeah yeah - should have gotten the 220V...But I wanted one that I could plug in anywhere without having a line run - and the thickest I plan on welding is .120 DOM Tubing for a roll cage)
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/ ... _200447703
I've wanted one ever since I took a welding course(Stick/Arc Welding) in HS. Not having one has really held me back on a lot, and cost me a lot of money as well.
Should have plenty of scrap at work I can get to practice on, and there's plenty of cheap body panels in the junkyard as well.
So I yanked the seats/console to get a better look at the floor pans. Someone already patched on the driver side with rivets. I'm not totally opposed to that as it will be covered with sound proofing and a vinyl mat... but the flexible sheet tin? Ugh.
I don't know if I will be up to speed on being able to butt weld when I redo these, I may just overlap and weld.