Re: Cars of the day... with good old steel bumpers and side panels
"Aluminium is a PITA to weld"
?? Really? I don't find that to be true at all. Now iron, that's a PITA ...
"you need to use a TIG welder"
No, you don't need to use TIG. MIG works just fine.
"and correspondingly needs a higher skilled weldor"
Nah. Just a welder with a different skill set.