Wow I've trimmed about a half inch down by the bolt area but yours is cut up pretty bad. If it was me I'd do exzactly what you said and get one from another car.Someone cut the frame section near the steering column on my car prior to my purchasing it. How would you go about fixing it? Should I get a patch from another car and weld it in?
Here's a picture to show what I'm talking about.
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Repairing prior frame cut out?
Someone cut the frame section near the steering column on my car prior to my purchasing it. How would you go about fixing it? Should I get a patch from another car and weld it in?
Here's a picture to show what I'm talking about.
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Here's a picture to show what I'm talking about.
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i wouldn't get a patch, nor the frame rail bracing as posted... i'd patch it with a scrap piece of material.Someone cut the frame section near the steering column on my car prior to my purchasing it. How would you go about fixing it? Should I get a patch from another car and weld it in?
Here's a picture to show what I'm talking about.
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look behind that piece. there doesn't seem to be any distortion, no bends or cracks in the metal. it appears that section was trimmed for what reason we'll never know but it appears to me a simple cardboard template cut to fit into the hole, trimmed to fit just right... transfer it to metal and cut it out and weld it in.
looks to be a small repair... in regards to the lines not matching up... the line not matching runs around the curl. the piece that would match up he removed...
to me it doesn't look like a big deal. just make sure to patch/repair it with the same gauge of material.
just my :2cents:
Be on the lookout for a PM! :yes:
UPDATE
I started looking at the firewall a little closer and I'm starting to get a little nervous. I have edited my picture highliting the area in question. Does anyone have a picture of this area of their firewall? I seem to have a crease that is 1-1.5" long right behind where the cutout section is/would be.
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It seems pretty odd that this is the only area that LOOKS buckled. I would imagine that if things had shifted, I would see some damage on the old subframe and the other side of the firewall of this cut up plate.
I started looking at the firewall a little closer and I'm starting to get a little nervous. I have edited my picture highliting the area in question. Does anyone have a picture of this area of their firewall? I seem to have a crease that is 1-1.5" long right behind where the cutout section is/would be.
It seems pretty odd that this is the only area that LOOKS buckled. I would imagine that if things had shifted, I would see some damage on the old subframe and the other side of the firewall of this cut up plate.
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Here is some shots of my 62 2 door sedan. It is on my wooden body roller which blocked me from getting a straight on shot. Hope they help.
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Here are my updated pics! I have an ad in the wanted section describing what I THINK I need.
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kinda what i was thinkin' too Greggers
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