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38 twelve convertable restoration
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guess the frame is as good a place as any to start, here is the frame mounted up on the roticery we built.

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Posted on: 2009/3/27 1:59
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Re: 38 twelve convertable restoration
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bottom of front crossmember was pretty rusty so i made some new peices and welded them in.

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Posted on: 2009/3/27 2:11
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here is the repaired front crossmember

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Posted on: 2009/3/27 2:14
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in the repair process i was forced to plug weld the major repairs of the crossmember so we machined some rivet heads and plug welded them in place for cosmetics

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Posted on: 2009/3/27 2:17
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Re: 38 twelve convertable restoration
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rear crossmember was in poor shape so i made a new one aswell.

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Posted on: 2009/3/27 2:19
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next to the new rear the gas tank brackets looked really bad so the had to go too.

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quite pitted

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a little cloaser up you can see what i mean. even though they are covered by the tank i couldn't call the car restored knowing they were there.

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Posted on: 2009/3/27 2:23
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since ther are no frame bits to be had locally i figured i'd just try and make a set. started with a flat sheet layed out with some measurements.

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Posted on: 2009/3/27 2:25
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bent the sides in the box and pan brake and proceeded to pound away for some time on the shrinker stretcher on the heavy metal.

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