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ElGracho · 01-09-2006, 11:30 PM

It's not really a bend in the cat, it's to keep the frame from getting brittle and cracking/breaking from the heat cycling from being that close to the cat. The cats they were using when these trucks were built were the huge pellet type (most of which are long gone I'm sure...) and they didn't have much room to work with even when they did bend the frames. My Gentleman Jim even has that bend and it's a 75.

01-09-2006, 11:30 PM	#10
ElGracho Gentleman Jim Driver Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 1,554	Re: Oops! I did it again! It's not really a bend in the cat, it's to keep the frame from getting brittle and cracking/breaking from the heat cycling from being that close to the cat. The cats they were using when these trucks were built were the huge pellet type (most of which are long gone I'm sure...) and they didn't have much room to work with even when they did bend the frames. My Gentleman Jim even has that bend and it's a 75. __________________ Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '87 C10, '87 R30, 2 '89 R3500 Flatbeds