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i would suggest you find a 53 or 54 convertible to look at, or get some pictures, you might be better off sand blasting your old frame and put fish plates over the bad areas.
Done this, since I had the original Caribbean frame to look at. I had the two frames side by side, measured outrigger distances and locations, and I've formed and welded the 1/8" flat strap steel plating over the top and bottom of the cross members, just as the factory had it, except the plating I used was a bit wider than factory.
I'm pretty comfortable that the frame I have built up now is equivalent of, if not superior to (due to additional welding, and wider welding stock), the Caribbean frame that I had, even if the Caribbean frame I had were new and unrusted (although I wouldn't have gone to the trouble if the original frame could have been saved, because it's been a lot of extra work.)
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