My Dart Swinger Project!

Good luck to you! You seem persistent about learning to weld with that. I was trying to use the "weld a washer" method to remove LCA bushings this weekend with my flux-core but couldn't get a decent weld without welding to the control arm too. Even when I thought I had a good weld the welds would break when I tried to punch the bushing out. Finally had to split the bushing case to get them out.

You'll get it, your welds are starting to look way better than acceptable. Way to keep at it.
I went thru the same thing with the washer I couldn't get it to hold either so what I did was took a large nut and bolt and welded the nut then threaded the bolt on the nut and smacked the bolt with a LFH! I got some pics of that process somewhere on here.