Hello from the Left Coast

[Ed Weldon]

About me -------- I’m a retired mechanical engineer, ex-Silicon Valley. These days I devote myself to my charming and delightful wife, our dachshund, Marci, and my myriad of creative hobbies. Which include the following, none of which I seem to do justice to:
--My Bonneville Salt Flats race car money pit, which likely will never set a record.
--The forever unfinished HOn3 model train layout. Just not enough rainy winter days to get from here to there.
--My home workshop full of metalworking gizmos; only accessible by walking sideways now in the process of expanding to make room for new equipment(MIG, plasma cutter and primitive sheet metal tools)
--Antique hot rods that are always “a few hours” from being roadworthy.
So I was digging around looking for tips on how to build a custom grille shell for a hot rod project and found this forum. Hopefully I will learn some good stuff and can reciprocate by contributing commentaries based on my work background and a pretty decent professional technical library.