72 C20 "Old Mustard"

[Mustard72]

I stood around and stared at the frame for probably 1.5-2 hours this afternoon trying to figure out whether or not I should try to repair it. I think I could probably do it, but it would involve TONS of dinking around getting the bends right for the relatively large amounts of frame that would have to be removed, getting the mounting points taking into consideration for the bed mounts, cross members, panhard rod, spring mounts, etc. Plus, I've only got a 120V MIG welder at this point, which is probably on the light side for welding in sections of framework (particularly in these higher stressed locations).

I was a bit optimistic when I came in after my standing around and staring session and immediately found a couple of C20 rolling chassis' in California for pretty good prices, but I wasn't able to find anything around here on line. I'll call around to the junk yards early next week to see what I can dig up.