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Sounds Good! We'll keep posting! Semper Fi, Sabre_3

Hello all, Haven't heard anything from anyone. Hope I haven't made anyone mad. Please advise. Sabre_3

Good Evening, Here's where we set with the salvage yard trunk pan crossmember/bracket. I had a fair amount of disassembly to remove remnants of the old trunk pan, partial framrails and connective spot welds before I can begin repairing the original piece. I carefully removed all the...

Happy New Year! So I finished my first attempt at replacing rotten frame rails. To recap: Here are the before pictures: Rotten crossmember and frame rail intersection. Aside from the crappy interior reinforcement welds and added 2-1/2 x 1/2 x 1/8 inch thick structural reinforcement bar...

Happy New Year! So I finished my first attempt at replacing rotten frame rails. To recap: Here are the before pictures: Rotten crossmember and frame rail intersection. Aside from the crappy interior reinforcement welds and added 2-1/2 x 1/2 x 1/8 inch thick structural reinforcement bar...

I'm gonna try polishing out the scratches and try to save the original. We'll see how it goes! Semper Fi Sabre_3

Continued.... Join weld seam barely visible on the outermost joint. I'm finishing the frame rail member that runs perpendicular to the crossmember. Hopefully, I'll get that burned in this weekend, do my final welds and finish this small project. Let me know what you think! Semper Fi...

Ok...I've got updates... So, the weather over Christmas has been unseasoneably warm in central Illinois. As a result, I got to take advantage of the late December temperatures and finished one of my many frame rail projects. Take a peek and try not to laugh too much. Bottom of crossmember...

Ok...the weather outside is...less than desirable. So I haven't been in the shop as much as I'd like over the past few weeks. So what can I bring inside to work on? The gauge cluster! It's got the Voltag Limiter and the Condenser and one lamp. All the pins appear to be there which is nice...

Ok...here's where's we're at: Using 1/8 × 1 to stabilize the rest of the frame. Tacked those puppies in and started removing spot welds. Used the newly fabricated partial frame rail as a guide, I made my cuts and removed the rotten crossmember. Here's a good illustration of what we're...

Yup...probably should have replaced the entire crossmember. But, I wanted the experience of working with that 14 Gauge metal and hand fabricating the piece to my measurements and design. Plus I wanted the experience of messing it up and working through the problems....I’ve always been hard...

Absolutely sir! Thank you so much for the encouragement!!! We'll keep you close on this. Semper Fi Sabre_3

That's AWESOME!!!! Thank you for sharing. I watched a lot of YouTube videos....mostly Fitzee's fabrications. Love that guy! Has only the basic tools: hammers, assorted Grinders, Bench vice and scrap steel laying around. I watch his videos for hours, Take notes and go give it a try in my...

Ok...I’ve got updates.... I made a template for the frame rail pictured below. As you can see, both the crossmember and the perpendicular frame rail intersection are cooked! The frame rail intersection was a fairly complex piece to model/sketch. I decided to use painters tape to outline the...

Than you! There's more to come. Semper Fi Sabre_3

It's been a little while since I posted any progress. So here's where we're at: Driver's side frame rail replacement: existing original crossmember frame rail is shot. I removed the rotten interior frame rail structural members. I took several measurements and then double checked my...

Thank you! I'll take a peek and see what they have. Semper Fi Sabre_3

Well... I have a cheap "ching-pow" hammer and dolly set I purchased from my local Napa store. I already broke my shrinker hammer on the Lower Core Support Brace trying to straighten out that metal. I'll be wishing for some quality USA made hammer and Dollies for Christmas! The Chineseium...

Take a peek at the pics below. It's still bent forward a few degrees. But nothing like I was before. Semper Fi Sabre_3

Ok...I’ve got some updates..... First off: Lower Core Support - Welded Up and ground smooth. Lower Core Support - Profile Angle. Slight bend forward. Massive improvement from when I started. Lower Core Support - Relief cuts stitched back together with weld and ground flat. Lower Core...