Hi Howard,
There was a debate about the nose piece on this forum not so long ago and whether it was a casting or a forging. I think the jury's still out on that one.
If it's a forging - and that would be my guess - it ought to be a fairly routine job to weld it up. It's a job I'd be inclined to give to a pro, given the thickness of the material if nothing else - don't go dabbing at it with a mini-mig.
If it's a casting, then it's still possible to weld, but you are into rather more specialised territory and you really want to go to a specialist in cast iron welding. That will be costly.
I'm not sure if the nose piece on a '29 is any different from any other A7 chassis, but they do show up at autojumbles and on eBay now and then, salvaged from rotted frames. I imagine it's a bit of a job removing and replacing the rivets soundly. But if the welding does go bad don't despair.
I hope that's some help, also that someone more knowledgeable than me will say something more helpful!
Oh yes and +1 for drilling a crack stop hole, but personally I would now get the crack welded shut.
There was a debate about the nose piece on this forum not so long ago and whether it was a casting or a forging. I think the jury's still out on that one.
If it's a forging - and that would be my guess - it ought to be a fairly routine job to weld it up. It's a job I'd be inclined to give to a pro, given the thickness of the material if nothing else - don't go dabbing at it with a mini-mig.
If it's a casting, then it's still possible to weld, but you are into rather more specialised territory and you really want to go to a specialist in cast iron welding. That will be costly.
I'm not sure if the nose piece on a '29 is any different from any other A7 chassis, but they do show up at autojumbles and on eBay now and then, salvaged from rotted frames. I imagine it's a bit of a job removing and replacing the rivets soundly. But if the welding does go bad don't despair.
I hope that's some help, also that someone more knowledgeable than me will say something more helpful!
Oh yes and +1 for drilling a crack stop hole, but personally I would now get the crack welded shut.