Thread: replacing frame rails how think should they be

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To be honest, i wouldn't whack up the car in your avatar. They don't make them anymore.

Originally Posted by ojh

To be honest, i wouldn't whack up the car in your avatar. They don't make them anymore.

Nope I agree with you.....................but then again it is a huge mistake to judge a book by it's cover.See what we did was for about 20yrs is buy distressed incomplete 9.90 cars,finish them out,race them for a yr,and flip sell them.Lost count on how many frames we built or finished/updated because of that.Like I said the only new car was one from Jegs.

Not unlike any other forums................you can take the advise given or not.

But rest assured I don't intend to defend myself.

Oh yeah.Yrs ago I built a back hefted Don Hardy 1975 Monza Town couple that on a frame machine check was better (straighter)than O.E.M.That one was a rust bucket when we started and is still running today and has gone threw I don't know how many wheel stand cycles.But do what ever ya want.

Yea I know they dont make it nomore half the guys in my car club is not a fan for what im doing to it even my dad said leave it the way it Is but I know in the end when its finshed this my car and I love it and nobody around me will have one like it.

I plan on starting the floors and frame rails and rearend some time in apil depending on weather is warmer.I will start a build log and post it with picks than I plan on doing the straight axle and trans in june or july

Originally Posted by slepper63

Yea I know they dont make it nomore half the guys in my car club is not a fan for what im doing to it even my dad said leave it the way it Is but I know in the end when its finshed this my car and I love it and nobody around me will have one like it.

I learned many years ago not to pay a bit of attention to the "don't cut it up" crowd.... Stock and boring cars don't do a thing for me and anyway, anyone can restore a classic, takes a man to cut one up and make it better!!! If people were really that intent on preserving a car, they'd be laying out big cash for yours and restore it themselves. Money talks and bs walks, build what you want and don't let others expectations limit your imagination!!!!

Amen I agree

Lets see now--I sold mine for $900 in 1966, I'll give you $80 for yours now---



For what you seem to want to do--maybe you should luck at building up a chassis like you want with the correct wheel base and then transfer your body over on to it-----that way you will have the main rails and components without working under/arond anything and can lower your top onto it--
whichever way--you will need to put some critical braces in your body to keep all the doors/etc aligned when you start cutting into the unit body---

I plan on doing alot measuring and braceing before I cut anything. Im going to cut and replace alittle at a time.

Originally Posted by slepper63

I plan on doing alot measuring and braceing before I cut anything. Im going to cut and replace alittle at a time.

There ya go! Think three times, measure twice, cut once..... oh yeah, helps to sketch everything out first, then plan a course of action that will work best for building and installing pieces. A good plan is essential!!!

Measure Measure Measure. Dave's right thinking is always good too.