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t-tung · 11-23-2014, 09:09 PM

Not much to report other than getting the frame sleeved for the 4 thru-bolts. I think boxing it is going to be a SOB with the way the frame tapers slightly from back to front and dips down a little. Then the bottom "rail" of the frame is wider in places. I think I'm just going to take a straight edge and a torch and square everything up as much as possible. Going back in with 1/4" diamond plate because I have half a sheet left over from a bumper project from my jeep.
Currently, we're trying to get the tranny cross-member out. Every single rivet is fighting us tooth and nail. Gave up for the night.

11-23-2014, 09:09 PM	#25
t-tung Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 97	Re: "Pinché Caliché" '57 StepSide/LSx/CrownVic Not much to report other than getting the frame sleeved for the 4 thru-bolts. I think boxing it is going to be a SOB with the way the frame tapers slightly from back to front and dips down a little. Then the bottom "rail" of the frame is wider in places. I think I'm just going to take a straight edge and a torch and square everything up as much as possible. Going back in with 1/4" diamond plate because I have half a sheet left over from a bumper project from my jeep. Currently, we're trying to get the tranny cross-member out. Every single rivet is fighting us tooth and nail. Gave up for the night.