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11-09-2012, 09:35 PM
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Frame probs
well the guy that had this truck before me decided that he was going to hack on the frame and mutilate it with a set of torches! i was wondering what years i could use as a replacement frame.
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11-09-2012, 10:16 PM
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Re: Frame probs
Why not just weld panels and box in those nose sections? Lots easire than a frame swap and it'll wind up stronger than new.
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11-09-2012, 11:05 PM
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Re: Frame probs
Thats why I post on this site lol I never even thought to just box the dang thing thank for the idea
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11-09-2012, 11:56 PM
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Re: Frame probs
I would imagine that someone tried to stick a newer style rad in there that had cooler lines and weren't to bright and by the way they chopped out that crossmember for the a/t. just weld some sections back into those gaps
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11-10-2012, 12:00 AM
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Re: Frame probs
Yeah thats what he did just went to work with a cuttin torch an never looked back
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11-10-2012, 01:11 AM
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Re: Frame probs
I agree.....just weld in some new metal. Done correctly, it'll be as good as new. No need to box the frame.
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11-10-2012, 07:02 AM
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Re: Frame probs
patch it up, looks like it might take an hour tops!
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11-10-2012, 09:49 PM
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Re: Frame probs
if not, PM me i have a 65 LWB trailing arm frame that is cleane d and painted with rear end and front control arms..............cheap! and i am not that far away. Can take pix when I am out at the shop Thuirsday, also came from Georgia so it would be coming home!
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