torredcuda
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Great work!
1969 Roadrunner Full Restoration
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Sabre_3
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Sabre_3
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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 frame rail profile. I used the profile to establish length and width.
Here's the 14 Gauge sheetmetal bent to the template measurements.
Here are the flanges being bent and shaped according to my template.
Fitment and fine tuning with the crossmember replace piece I fabricated last week.
Plan view of newly fabricated frame rail and partial crossmember.
The piece above should fit between the two taped lines....fingers crossed.
Might be able wee beefier than OEM.
I'll post when I burn'm in!
Semper Fi
Sabre_3
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 frame rail profile. I used the profile to establish length and width.
Here's the 14 Gauge sheetmetal bent to the template measurements.
Here are the flanges being bent and shaped according to my template.
Fitment and fine tuning with the crossmember replace piece I fabricated last week.
Plan view of newly fabricated frame rail and partial crossmember.
The piece above should fit between the two taped lines....fingers crossed.
Might be able wee beefier than OEM.
I'll post when I burn'm in!
Semper Fi
Sabre_3
torredcuda
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Love seeing you hand fabricate parts where most would just buy the repro part and either install whole or cut and use what they needed from it. I spent a 9-10 yea hiatas from my real career doing autobody for a living but my real career was in precision sheet metal shops. I ran almost every machine in the shop - shears, punch presses, press brakes etc. along with programming, engineering, supervising etc. so I know what it takes to make nice parts. I hand fabricated floor pans for old `69 Barracuda including the stiffening ribs and plenty of other patch panels over the years.