c91x 36x40 shop build

[C91x]

Last project and then I'll get back to the shop

The F1 was a valentines day gift to my wife. She wanted an old truck and left it up to me to pick what year and body style. I was after an F1 or a 58 or 59 Chevy shortbed fleetside. I found the f1 first and went and picked it up.







She sat outside for a month while I gathered parts. I really considered just buying a Mustang II setup for the front but was looking for a little more from the handling department and I guess i wanted to do something different. I bought a front setup out of a lexus SC400 at a junk yard. The SC400 and Supra share this suspension so it should be quite a bit better than a 45 year old MII design.

Mockup



Frame boxed and coilover mounts fabbed up. I think i might mill some of the aluminum down to lower it another inch.


8.8 out of a Explorer with a custom 4 link





Checking ride height. The wife wants to daily this truck so going real low around here is not an option




Then the motor was out of a Lincoln Mark VIII. It was a decently low mileage car with bad air ride and and a clogged fuel filter. I got it running and bought it for $500. Its a all aluminum DOHC 4V 4.6 with i think 300hp. This isn't anything to brag about but it should make for a nice reliable truck to drive around in.




I had just finished up the engine mount and trans mounts and also the fuel tank setup and the house sold. Not show in othe pics was blasting and basically rebuilding the bed.






Put it all back together and headed to the next house. Can't wait to get back on this one.

 

[C91x]

Wow! You do some amazing work. I love that bathroom and the Snap-on badge really does class up the place!

Appreciate it. I'm still a hack compared to some of these guys on here but this site makes me want to step up my game.

 

[Bob Heine]

Clint, I'm in and pleased to see a great start to your thread. We have a few things in common: I'm child of Arizona, we have a boy and a girl (opposite order), frightening parenting history, lots of hack work in our youth and we have the same double dress code lives. On the other hand, I only spent about a year in WWII stationed with my parents in Douglas, our babies are well past AARP age, survivor of truly lax parenting, continuing to do lots of hack work well into my dotage and I can't remember the last time I wore a suit.

I lean toward GM but your Fairlane is one of the blue oval beauties I have always loved (even more than the '63 Ford Galaxie 500XL).

 

[C91x]

Clint, I'm in and pleased to see a great start to your thread. We have a few things in common: I'm child of Arizona, we have a boy and a girl (opposite order), frightening parenting history, lots of hack work in our youth and we have the same double dress code lives. On the other hand, I only spent about a year in WWII stationed with my parents in Douglas, our babies are well past AARP age, survivor of truly lax parenting, continuing to do lots of hack work well into my dotage and I can't remember the last time I wore a suit.

I lean toward GM but your Fairlane is one of the blue oval beauties I have always loved (even more than the '63 Ford Galaxie 500XL).

Thank you for following along Bob.

What took you out of Arizona? I've been all over this country and lived on both coast but for me nothing compares to it.

I just like old cars even though it might not seem that way since I only have fords. I was actually looking for a 66 or 67 nova or fairlane. This was around the time that those nova's really started to bring a premium so a fairlane it was.

 

[Bob Heine]

Thank you for following along Bob.

What took you out of Arizona? I've been all over this country and lived on both coast but for me nothing compares to it.

Clint, my parents took me out of Arizona. Dad was in the Army Air Corps in WWII and stationed in Douglas and I was born in the Phelps Dodge hospital while he was stationed there. He taught meteorology to B25 flight crews and just before I turned one, Victory in Japan day happened. Both parents were teachers in New York before the war and their jobs were waiting for them if and when they returned. Ten years later we traveled back and my brother and I made a break for it after we crossed the border into California. We thought the Mojave Desert was a good place to hide out but didn't bring enough water on our hike. Also, it was hard for 12- and 10-year old white boys to find jobs in the desert.


The warmth of that first year must have made an impression because 20 years after the western trip my wife and I were living in South Florida. Not as dry and not as hot but about the same number of snow days.

 

[C91x]

I forgot about one other earlier project that I had done. This was one of those fun quick projects. I think I had this one done in a week. It was a fun bike but was still a dreadfully slow VLX600.









I cut the rear of the frame off, ebay solo seat, Sheet metal side covers replaced the bulbous stockers, Front fender was widened and became the rear fender, Z-bars, and Paint and it was done.

 

[C91x]

Alright back to current projects that involve the shop.

I won a Bridgeport mill at an auction several months back from a paper towel/tissue company. I won a few other things including 6 or 7 large oscillating fans for something like 30 bucks. I finally got around to getting one mounted but had to build a mount for it since this area of the shop does not have OSB up. This is one of those projects that could have been a 2 minute job with a few lag bolts but sometime its fun to take it a step further.

Thin gauge 1x2 to span the distance of the girts. I tig welded the cap and nuts so that the welds wouldn't be so proud and would make grinding them easier and I need to get proficient at tig welding again.


I didn't take off the galvanized coating on the nut so thats the discoloration you see.


Finished mount




I thought about hard wiring this with a switch for the different speeds but decided on just making some guides for the pull chain to keep it out of the way.

Cut some aluminum blocks






Drilled and chamfered some holes and then polished them up.






Then I need a knob for the chain






Finished, although the cord on the wall bothers me and I may hardwire the plug up above it.

 

[zmotorsports]

Great work.

You and your wife have created a wonderful looking place there. I hope you can enjoy it and I'm looking forward to more work coming out of your shop.

 

[toyotadriver]

Great thread. You have a great looking family and looks like you all really like doing things together. That's awesome!!

Do you do fabrication for a living or just a hobby? You appear to be very skilled!

 

[C91x]

Great work.

You and your wife have created a wonderful looking place there. I hope you can enjoy it and I'm looking forward to more work coming out of your shop.

Appreciate it Mike.

Compared to some of your stuff this is all childs play.

Great thread. You have a great looking family and looks like you all really like doing things together. That's awesome!!

Do you do fabrication for a living or just a hobby? You appear to be very skilled!

Appreciate the compliment. The wife and I like doing the same things and we got lucky that the kids love the outdoor thing as well. I do wish i got more seat time on my KTM but the kids are only young once.

Doing it for a living would take all the fun out of it. Of course it is nice to dream of all the tools I would have if I could justify their cost with a return on investment.

 

[MrScott99]

You are wise to make kiddo time a priority. They will be grown and gone before you know it.
Takes a lot of commitment to make it happen. The world would be a better place if more parents would do it!

I am amazed at all the things you still manage to get done around your place and the motorized toys too. Well done!

 

[C91x]

You are wise to make kiddo time a priority. They will be grown and gone before you know it.
Takes a lot of commitment to make it happen. The world would be a better place if more parents would do it!

I am amazed at all the things you still manage to get done around your place and the motorized toys too. Well done!

Appreciate the kind words and I completely agree with you.

 

[C91x]

I'm mixing in old and new projects as I go till I am caught up to the current progress on the shop.

I stated before that a few months ago I won an Bridgeport at an auction so figured I would give some details on that.

I really went back and forth on what kind of Mill I wanted. I would see those RF31 type drill/mill units come up for sale locally but to me they always seem overpriced for what they were. The Precision Mathews models looked good but had the same issue, expensive. Then I saw this auction for a company that went out of business. It was a tissue/paper towel manufacturer and they had a small machine shop attached. Before bidding I called the contact and talked to the person that ran the maintenance side of the company. He stated that it started making noise and they called in a tech that said it needed new bushings and belts but the company decided to close up shop before and denied the repair. I asked for some pics of the ways and they still had all the hand scraping on them but showed a couple of scores on the knee/saddle ways. I took a chance and bid on it and got what I thought was a great deal.

Here are the pics from the auction (not shown is the rotary table). It has a layer of tissue dust all over it.






Then I started my 2 hour drive to Kingman to pick it up and as I'm coming down the mountain I'm greeted with this. A tornado in AZ is rare.




It also doesn't rain in Arizona, right?





Then came the fun part of getting it off the trailer. I took the table off and used an engine hoist.



And here it is, patiently waiting to be made whole again




I ended up just rebuilding the top half on it for piece of mind. I had two added expenses that i did not plan for. First was they ran it for too long after the bushings went bad and damaged the motor side vari-disc and the other was the motor was a 460-575 wired motor with no way to wire it up to 240v. Pathetically I didn't realize this until i wired it up a few weeks ago.

A little buffing and paint made her pretty again




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The motor is currently at a shop. They are going to pull some leads off the motor so I can run it off 240 3PH. I still need to install the DRO I bought and buy a power feed but here is its new home.







I'm also looking for suggestions on a color for the metal that is going to close off the loft area. In the pic with the mill on the trailer you can see the area i'm talking about.

I can get galvanized R-panel for pretty cheap but i'm almost considering a light gray like the walls or black with galvanized J channel would look pretty good too. Any suggestions?

 

[Bob Heine]

Clint, you may have upset the Bridgeport gods. They have their ways to let you know YOU ****!

 

[C91x]

Clint, you may have upset the Bridgeport gods. They have their ways to let you know YOU ****!

They laughed at my thought of an all in $1000 mill and decided to teach me a lesson. I can't complain too much, even with the 3 axis DRO, I'm still way ahead of what I could purchase a similar one for here.

 

[zmotorsports]

Nice job on resurrecting a Bridgeport mill. I wish I could have found an old Bridgeport here but unfortunately I live in a machinery desert. My Taiwanese mill is great and I would have liked an actual Bridgeport but the few I did find were so clapped out they were basically junk and large projects all in themselves which I didn't want.

What size table is the table on your Bridgeport? Appears to maybe be a 9"x36" or maybe a 9"x42"?

Shop is looking great and coming together nicely. Having machine shop capabilities at home sure spoils a person.

 

[68400BIRD]

Very nice shop and projects. How is the old car and truck coming along??

 

[C91x]

Nice job on resurrecting a Bridgeport mill. I wish I could have found an old Bridgeport here but unfortunately I live in a machinery desert. My Taiwanese mill is great and I would have liked an actual Bridgeport but the few I did find were so clapped out they were basically junk and large projects all in themselves which I didn't want.

What size table is the table on your Bridgeport? Appears to maybe be a 9"x36" or maybe a 9"x42"?

Shop is looking great and coming together nicely. Having machine shop capabilities at home sure spoils a person.

Not sure how it compares to Utah but seeing descent used machinery is still very infrequent here and the price always reflects the lack of supply.

9x42 but it does look small there. I still haven't installed the leadscrew and handles.

Even having just the lathe has spoiled me. When I first bought it, friends kept asking me what I planned on building with it and I never had a good answer. I wasn't even sure how much I would use it but now that I have one, I use it all the time. Just last weekend I wanted to make a curved flange on some 20 gauge but didn't have a tipping die. 20 minutes later I had the die and was making the flange. I hope the mill gets the same amount of use.

 

[zmotorsports]

Not sure how it compares to Utah but seeing descent used machinery is still very infrequent here and the price always reflects the lack of supply.

9x42 but it does look small there. I still haven't installed the leadscrew and handles.

Even having just the lathe has spoiled me. When I first bought it, friends kept asking me what I planned on building with it and I never had a good answer. I wasn't even sure how much I would use it but now that I have one, I use it all the time. Just last weekend I wanted to make a curved flange on some 20 gauge but didn't have a tipping die. 20 minutes later I had the die and was making the flange. I hope the mill gets the same amount of use.

Thanks for the reply.

I used to get the same comments when I bought my 3-in-1 machine back in the mid-90's. I never had a reply for any one specific thing I was going to use it for. I ended up using it for many, many things over the years for one-off bikes, quads, sleds, race cars and even home projects. Too many to count actually.

Once I got to the point I needed to expand my work envelope and purchased new lathe and mill back in 2014 it was almost expected by my clients as I had reached the limits of my small machines. Now I almost take for granted the machining capabilities I have in my shop.

Last week's gate rebuild for my son was one of those projects. Machining the parts necessary for a custom one-off gate that allowed bolting vs. welding was a HUGE benefit.

 

[C91x]

Very nice shop and projects. How is the old car and truck coming along??

Thanks Bird, Poor car and truck are sitting out in the elements. They'll be in the shop soon enough though.

 

[rattle_snake]

Even having just the lathe has spoiled me. When I first bought it, friends kept asking me what I planned on building with it and I never had a good answer.....

I was faced with same obvious but hard to answer question. Looking back the answer would be 'whatever I need or I can't buy'. But often it is used to modify things not necessarily make from scratch. metal, plastic, poly, rubber what ever.
I find I use the lathe all the time and mill rarely. Probably because the mill is a HF and I don't know what I am doing.

 

[C91x]

I was faced with same obvious but hard to answer question. Looking back the answer would be 'whatever I need or I can't buy'. But often it is used to modify things not necessarily make from scratch. metal, plastic, poly, rubber what ever.
I find I use the lathe all the time and mill rarely. Probably because the mill is a HF and I don't know what I am doing.

There has been quite a few times that I wish I had a mill or milling attachment for my lathe so hopefully it gets used quite a bit.

 

[C91x]

So now that the shop is becoming more and more organized, the areas that still look like disasters are starting to bug me. This are was not a priority to finish but it sounded like more fun so it go moved up the list.

I've had this old bazooka bass tube since i was probably 16 or 17. My nephew used it for awhile and somehow it ended up back with me. My speaker setup in the garage is two 8" 82C speakers and 2 bookshelf yamaha speakers. They sound good for a garage but sometimes I want a little bass so I decided to build a stand for it. It was essentially a project that was done because i wanted to learn how to make a curved flange



Here is the disaster area that would give some of my tech guys at work a heart attack. This was basically setup to test everything and when it all worked, I didn't touch it again.



Built that tipping die i mentioned earlier and gave it a go. First one was ok but I threw the die back in the lathe and made an adjustment to the edge. Second was much better.

Fit up came out pretty good for my first time with a roller. I took my time and snuck up on the curve.







4-5 years ago I think I was proficient enough that I could have left the tig welds but its just not that way. I couldn't get a consistent looking bead for longer that 1-2 inches. Ahh well I decided to start tig welding most things for a bit to get the practice in. I did the same thing when i first bought the welder.


I had a blank double gang cover and performed surgery on it for the 3 speaker terminals and the ethernet to pass through.





It certainly isn't perfect but with another couple minutes spent on it, it will be.

I don't have any finished pics with the wiring in place but did hook it up last night and was disappointed. Didn't put out much bass and was not noticeable 12' away. I seem to remember these bass tubes putting out a good amount of bass but always lacked sound quality. I didn't have either

I have some experience with hammer and dolly work, shrinking disc, small patch panels but this was my first go at any kind of metal "shaping" and it was a lot of fun. My wife must have caught on to what videos I was watching on youtube because for Christmas, she bought me one of those 3 in 1 30" roller/shear/brakes and a planishing hammer. I haven't taken a stab at the hammer yet as I need to educate myself on that whole process but looking forward to it.

 

[DennisK]

Put a few rubber feet between the two to give an air space to transmit sound.

 

[rattle_snake]

The OG Bazooka's were actually very well designed and built. I was a skeptic and built many very large and ridiculous heavy speaker boxes for my vehicles. Got into drag racing and weight is key, so swapped out 100 lb box for a single 10" bazooka. Performance was impressive. Nothing special inside, just good engineering.

That said the acoustic gain due to environment reflections is minimal in large building compared to a vehicle interior. A car can yield +20db at bass freqs, which is 100x power gain.

So for a large space, you need more power and more cone area. Locating low freq drivers in the corner of a build will also help for same reason. I have similar sized space and use 1700W to get to my goal.

 

[C91x]

The OG Bazooka's were actually very well designed and built. I was a skeptic and built many very large and ridiculous heavy speaker boxes for my vehicles. Got into drag racing and weight is key, so swapped out 100 lb box for a single 10" bazooka. Performance was impressive. Nothing special inside, just good engineering.

That said the acoustic gain due to environment reflections is minimal in large building compared to a vehicle interior. A car can yield +20db at bass freqs, which is 100x power gain.

So for a large space, you need more power and more cone area. Locating low freq drivers in the corner of a build will also help for same reason. I have similar sized space and use 1700W to get to my goal.

Makes sense

I think I'll start out and get some power power to hit and see how it goes.


It sounds like your a bit of an audio guru so I have a question for you. On my Fairlane, I built a sealed box to the manufacturer specs for the sub (pic on one of the previous post). The enclosure was under the package tray so all you can see is the sub. I have more than enough power going to it but output is minimal, cone is moving like crazy but doesn't hit like a sealed 12" should. Do you think it is how its mounted with the sub facing up and doing something with the sound waves? I've tried 2 different sub and a different amp. I'm considering moving it to the truck but like the way it looks now. I am definitely not looking for some crazy bass but a little makes everything sound better.

 

[White_Hammer_Garage]

Great projects! Keep up the good work!

 

[C91x]

Great projects! Keep up the good work!

Appreciate it

 

[C91x]

I decided it was time to close in the loft area. Tried to find some black metal siding/roofing but everything I found had a minimum order amount. A local company bends this stuff up and had a deal on galvanized so that's what I went with and I think eventually i'll still paint the ceiling black.










I think I might build some shelves and put all my old MX trophies up there. I have quite a few of them so it might look gaudy but I think that would be a good place for them and remind me of the days I was young and fast.

I finished this up yesterday and was unsure about it but after going out today, I like it. 1st things to hit me were how much faster the building heated up this morning and also how much brighter it seemed in there.

I decided to trim the concrete around my lift in angle iron. So I'm down to that and a few more little things and I'm going to call it "done".

 

[C91x]

I decided to trim out the lifts in angle iron. I did this for two reasons. The concrete edge was getting beat up and I wanted a lip on the edge so a transmission jack or something similar could never drop a wheel in the pit.

Frame is 1/8" 2x2 angle. I had to grind some concrete away for clearance and I'm so glad I don't have to do that again. I drilled 6 holes (1/4") per lift in the concrete and welded dowel pins on the frame. I then used some anchor epoxy in each hole as well as silicone around the entire edge. The gap is 3/16 so it looks much cleaner now than with the larger inconsistent gap that was there before. I just need to level out the pads and call the lift install done.










I also mounted this reelcraft for my water. The reel has 3/8 fittings so I planned on buying a 1/2" hose but I had this one and put it to use for the time being. Having everything on a reel makes life so much easier.

 

[rattle_snake]

Makes sense

I think I'll start out and get some power power to hit and see how it goes.


It sounds like your a bit of an audio guru so I have a question for you. On my Fairlane, I built a sealed box to the manufacturer specs for the sub (pic on one of the previous post). The enclosure was under the package tray so all you can see is the sub. I have more than enough power going to it but output is minimal, cone is moving like crazy but doesn't hit like a sealed 12" should. Do you think it is how its mounted with the sub facing up and doing something with the sound waves? I've tried 2 different sub and a different amp. I'm considering moving it to the truck but like the way it looks now. I am definitely not looking for some crazy bass but a little makes everything sound better.

Sorry missed this. Yes I like math and speakers and stuff, main reason I'm an EE. The orientation of the driver should have no effect. From an acoustic gain stand point it shouldn't matter too much if box is hung in package tray or laying in trunk. Pressure is pressure, but not always that simple.
Assuming only one woofer so phasing is not an issue.
Does the bass performance improve significantly when the doors, windows or trunk is opened? The low freq response may have a 'hole' or dip at the typical music bass frequencies. To further test, use some tones (like a tone generator app on your phone) and see what you get.

The driver cone will move a lot at and below the system resonant frequency. I'm guessing that is in the 40 Hz area. It really means that only a little bit of amp power will really move the cone and produce a lot of pressure. Frequencies below this are 'unloaded' and cone will move a lot but output will be low. You can measure resonance with a simple volt meter and a tone generator but can see it by eye too.

The other issue my be a leak in the box. The cone should be hard and not want to move at all. A leak will disrupt a lot of things.

Did you fill the box with anything? You can move the 'Q' quite a bit with stuffing, beyond just box volume.

 

[rattle_snake]

Lift trim and loft sheet metal came out very nice. really adds to polished look, keep up the good work.

 

[C91x]

Sorry missed this. Yes I like math and speakers and stuff, main reason I'm an EE. The orientation of the driver should have no effect. From an acoustic gain stand point it shouldn't matter too much if box is hung in package tray or laying in trunk. Pressure is pressure, but not always that simple.
Assuming only one woofer so phasing is not an issue.
Does the bass performance improve significantly when the doors, windows or trunk is opened? The low freq response may have a 'hole' or dip at the typical music bass frequencies. To further test, use some tones (like a tone generator app on your phone) and see what you get.

The driver cone will move a lot at and below the system resonant frequency. I'm guessing that is in the 40 Hz area. It really means that only a little bit of amp power will really move the cone and produce a lot of pressure. Frequencies below this are 'unloaded' and cone will move a lot but output will be low. You can measure resonance with a simple volt meter and a tone generator but can see it by eye too.

The other issue my be a leak in the box. The cone should be hard and not want to move at all. A leak will disrupt a lot of things.

Did you fill the box with anything? You can move the 'Q' quite a bit with stuffing, beyond just box volume.

Thanks Justin

I was going to remove it from the package tray because I thought maybe placement was the issue but from what you're saying, its not. The sub is showing its age from all the direct light it gets in the rear window so I think my plan of action is to build a new enclosure with a new sub.

Do you think I should stay sealed or build a ported? Port into the trunk or into the cabin?

 

[rattle_snake]

Thanks Justin

I was going to remove it from the package tray because I thought maybe placement was the issue but from what you're saying, its not. The sub is showing its age from all the direct light it gets in the rear window so I think my plan of action is to build a new enclosure with a new sub.

Do you think I should stay sealed or build a ported? Port into the trunk or into the cabin?

When the spider/surround age the drivers resistance to cone movement degrades, which can result in excessive cone travel and become a mismatch for the enclosure.
Sealed/port decision should be based on your goals for the system. Ported box will be louder, bigger, heavier and more complicated to build.
Location of port isn't going to matter. If in cabin you may hear the 'chuffing' of turbulence in the tube. I find it interesting that the air in the port goes the same direction as the cone, which is counter-intuitive. As cone goes in, so does the air in the port. For a single driver, use at least 500W

 

[C91x]

Justin,

I think i'll go sealed again. They always seemed to have better sound quality. With that said, long ago I built a vented box for a 12" W7 powered by a MMATS amp. It was ridiculous and I had no idea the pressure it would put out and still keep up and sound clear with a really fast beat.


Well I've scheduled the car to get sand blasted. I took off all the trim in preparation for it. When I bought the car, the owner told me they had went down to metal before they painted. I was lazy when i first painted the car and basically just blocked it, then sealed it and painted. I was curious to see how thick the paint was underneath so I put a paint remover wheel on my angle grinder and went after a few spots. There was the factory primer, factory paint, some filler, primer, yellow painy, my primer and then my paint. I'm amazed it lasted so long, especially considering that its lived out in the elemets for the last 3-4 years. I'm excited to redo some of the sins of my youth.

 

[SamYoung]

I've always been more fond of ported boxes, but you do have to build them to the right specs for your subs. Used to have a 15" L7 in a ported box powered by an American Bass VFL Comp amp. No one could ever understand how that setup could pump out such clear double bass yet hit 140dB all day. I

 

[rattle_snake]

Well, if you're going to be doing some body work... Mini-tubs for steamroller rubber?

And,
you need to update you sig, it says 'finished'

 

[C91x]

Well, if you're going to be doing some body work... Mini-tubs for steamroller rubber?

And,
you need to update you sig, it says 'finished'

It would just be a poser at that point. The 302 is built up pretty nice but nothing that would need a big tire. Every time I start looking at building a 408 stroker I end up just thinking I would rather go with a Coyote for the price to build a windsor. The Coyote would require a MII type suspension and then I lose interest.

 

[rattle_snake]

Understood. 66 Fairlane itself has enough good looks and style already, and makes the right noises. Run it and enjoy!

 

[C91x]

No major updates to the shop as we've been camping for 4, 4 day weekends in a row. Our last day out my boy was riding with his friend and his friend suddenly stopped right in front of my boy. They were riding too close and my boy must have been looking at butterflies or something because he didn't see it till the last second and ran right into his buddies quad. He does just under 30 wide open but hit is brakes right before hitting so probably still doing 25, he did a few flips over his bars and landed on his feet. He didn't cry or anything and wanted to keep riding until he saw his bike. His buddy doesn't ride with anyone besides his parents following in a rzr so I don't think trail etiquette has been taught. I've yelled at quite a few new guys riding with our group that randomly just stop in the middle of the trail.

Here's the damage.

I was hoping it was just bent forks as I couldn't see any damage to the frame around the neck.






I ordered new fork tubes and went to install them. I thought it would be about a 20 minute job but I couldn't get the internals out so then I had to cut them up all while being careful not to cut too deep. Turned into an hour.





Put it all back together and you could tell right away the head angle was way off. After some research I found that the head angle/rake is supposed to be 25 and I was at 19. Took the tank off and right underneath it is where the frame bent. Heat, larger body hammer, and ratchet straps on both end of the frame were able to take the bend out. I then welded on some gussets to strengthen the area back up.

The car is blasted and ready for some metal work. No rust but plenty to keep me busy. Biggest is a creased dent running along the door and quarter panel.

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