A Body Tire Clearance

So you are going to braze up a unibody car?
If so, don’t touch the rails and get a lot of practice with your bonding skills.

A cheap mig is going to pay for itself if you go in as deep as you are talking about and you will have it for your next project.
Yep, I 100% agree. A mig welder is necessary.
I use my Tig and mig constantly on this car.