Welding when you’re not 40 anymore…

That was the big takeaway from the last week; 6010 is the go-to for dirty metal. For Greg and I, we had to get through the stick welding part of the curriculum on the way to mig and tig.
My father has a big 'ol "buzz box" (I don't know the amps, but physically it's pretty large), and when I was a 17 year old kid driving my SB powered '71 Vega, that's exactly what I would use to make "Lincoln Locker" rears out of those OEM Vega/Monza rear-ends. Pull the cover, let 'em drain a bit, maybe shoot some carb or brake cleaner at it, let it dry a bit, and then have at it! Never worried about cleanliness, and it seemed to work just fine.

Yeah, stick welding works great for nasty stuff.