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Hey Dave; Funny how you said 20 pounds because that's what I figured
that I got out of each side. Right behind the cab is a square type box about
15 inches by 15 inches under the floor. Those boxes acted just like two big
snow shovels, scooping up every thing the car drove over. Then it just
keeped packing it in there till the frame was full and the boxes were full too.
Well I got a glass jar and filled it up with sand from my old stompimg
ground of Las Vegas, which is where the car came from.
I figured if it good enough for Dracula it's good enough for me HE! HE! HE!
Kurt

Well Guys here it is;
I’m glad I have you guys around here to ask my questions.
I was about ready to start cutting when
Dave Severson said make sure you weld in some brasses
to keep it from twisting. So I ended up welding in a big
X across the cab and another across where the top of my tail gate would be.
I hope this helps me but I’ll have to see, other problems popped its ugly head up.
After cutting all the sheet metal out from the floors cab and the bed, I found twisted cross members a 6 inch crack long ways in the frame. There were places the frame was almost rusted thru, And about a foot in from rear of the car the frame was bent down on both sides of the frame! I could not tell from the bottom because of some brasses that were twisted in the way. The bed had so many waves in it that I couldn't tell that way either. But here's the good thing I think when you looked down the sides before it came apart the body lines were perfectly strait, I'm not sure how this could be, but they were. Kurt

Well Mondays come and gone and I still don’t have the frame in the car.!!!
I ran into a little snag while cleaning up the sides of the kick panels where
I was gonna weld the new frame too. Just on the inside of the kick panels
on both side is a 1/8 inch steel plate, that runs from in front of the firewall
to about a foot into the bed of the truck. Well just behind the seat on both
sides are rusted thru. I was thinking why did they rust there on both sides
like that, there is nothing there. Then I remembered on both side there
was these opened front boxes that went straight into the frame, they
acted like snow shovels scooping everything up off the road.
This is why the back half of the frame was packed with rocks, dirt, sand
and probably some road kills. So all that junk laid in there a rotted thru
the insides of the kick panels. So I have to cut that platting out, just behind
the seat, about two feet back into the bed. Then I’ll replace it with some
new steel plate.
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Kurt

Well I finally got the frame inside the Ranchero today.
It fit just like a glove, thanks to measuring ten times and cutting once.
I’ve got the cab all welded in on both sides, but I have to do some
welding in the back of the car tomorrow.
Then I can cut out the wall behind the cab and the dash.
I also have to fix the back half of the door jam on the passenger side.
Then lots of sheet work to be done along with lower rear skins on both sides.
I was afraid the seat would fall out because the floor was so rusted out.
With all the cross members going every which way there was no way the
seat would have ever fallen out. I think they could have made the car lighter
if they would have just put a solid frame in it.
Thanks Guys for all your help and answering all my stupid questions.
More pictures to come soon.
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Kurt

Just posted some of the progress on the old Ranchero.
Frame is welded in the car now but I have not got the pictures back yet.
Kurt

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Posted some new pictures of some of the Ranchero progress.
Kurt

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hey did you get the erson cam grind number i sent you ??

I just read it Pat. I just got my computor back up at about 700pm.
Took a lighting hit and burned some stuff up.
I replied to you on the pm.
I guess I 'll be buying a new surg protector. Kurt

I got a few new photo's up I took a while ago but I just got them developed this week.
I have not touched the car since my operation about two months ago.
But I am starting to feel a little better now so it won't be long till I get back on it again.

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It's still waiting for you Kurt, don't get in too big of a hurry and don't attack it too hard!!!!!

Hey Dave: I wish I was able to attack it as you say.
It's just not possible for me to right now. I hate that it's taking me so long to do it.
But hopefully the wait will be worth it. Kurt

Well I’ve been feeling a little better since my operation a couple months back so I figured I would go out and do a little work this weekend. Wrong, I didn’t have the stuff I needed to get busy so Monday I’ll take a little trip to my local welding shop for some cutting disc’s and grinding disc’s then to Tampa bay metals for some sheet metal for my rear fenders. Everything below the lower body line needs replaced on the rear quarter panels. I’m not going to worry about the beveled lip around wheel wells just going to make it smooth. I would buy some lower quarters but they are about $500.00 a piece and that’s a little more then I would like to spend on them. My Boxer had pup’s and we started selling them this week. What a pain in the butt people can be. They act like it’s a yard sale and try to talk you down on your price. But I got to give it to my wife; she is stead fast and true. This guy started telling her I’m only going to pay $400 for a puppy, My wives answer not for one of mine, good day. The whole time she was showing him to the door, I was trying to keep from bursting out in load laughter. These are AKC registered Boxers with at least 6 champions on each the Father and the Mothers side of the bloodlines. Then the people say well I’m not interested in the champion blood lines. That one kills me, HE! HE! HE! Then my wife says the pound is right up the street take a left at fulkenburg I’m sure they have a nice dog there they will sell you, if you’re not worried about champion blood lines. It’s almost comical. You would think our add said, dog for sale make a offer. HE! HE! HE!
I think I’ll stick to my cars and she can deal with the dogs. HE! HE! HE! Kurt

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