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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 218 Joined: 28-February 05 From: Sacramento, ca Member No.: 3,684 Region Association: Northern California ![]() |
So...technically I started this restoration a month ago, but now it has a thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
A little history...This was my first car. I picked it up for $1200 back in high school and had it towed home with mice in the glove box and hoses going to no where in the engine compartment! My dad and I had it up and running off and on for three years before I shipped off to southern California for college. It has sat in the 'rents driveway for 5 years now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) waiting for the restoration that it deserves Well...now that I'm edumacated and have a "real" job (and also have moved back to Northern California) my pockets are slightly deeper than in high school and the build has commenced! ![]() So far I have stripped it to a tub, built me a rotisserie and washed off about 30 years of road grime and PO molestation. Along the way I even made a new friend! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ![]() |
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rust free you say ? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None ![]() |
Now that it is too late I can tell you that bracing is WAY to light duty. What has happened is you have braced the chassis ( barely ) to prevent a inward pinch and nothing more. As a result you have actually twisted the tub. This is exactly why I and others get on people for not properly bracing a car. You not only cut out and welded in a lot of metal which was detrimental, but you also did this on a rotisserie, which in itself put a fair amount of stress on the center of the car because there is no support running the length of the body. Unfortunately at this point about the only option you have is to take it to a frame shop, prefferably one with a Cellete bench, and have it pulled back into shape. Expensive lesson learned (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) . Hopefully this will keep someone else from doing the same. Sorry man (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
Look for a thread from me soon on proper bracing, this is getting out of hand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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