Frame work pics...

[mrltd]

Here are the pics from the beginning of the frame work....

Ran out of time and need some more metal and tools to finish it up. It needs quite a bit more replaced, but just that one section made a difference in the way the car feels.

[ÆJackacks]

so do you have to brace the sections that you cut out to keep things aligned? what do you put on it afterwards in the last 2 pics?

[1987cp]

Feels better, huh? This is good news for me .... my car's been getting some rusty spots on the frame as well, and coincidentally feeling rather sloppy. I know the suspension bushings still need replacing, but the frame rust can't help. You did finish the body mount bushing job though, correct?

[mrltd]

so do you have to brace the sections that you cut out to keep things aligned? what do you put on it afterwards in the last 2 pics?

Nothing.... it was worse before...those are rustholes-that I trimmed a bit, will do them another day. If I ever get a day off.


Bodymounts.... yeah kinda. Still need to do that one. It requires tearing the whole cargo area out and subsequently re-riveting the trunk floor back in.

[1987cp]

Oh, wow ... had no idea the whole stinking back of the car had to be disassembled. Hopefully I'll be finding out about that first-hand one of these decades ......

[mrltd]

Just the aluminum top section (which I'm sure requires taking out all the side plastic panels), and prolly drilling a hole in the floor to get to the nut and retainer. Only need to do that kind of stuff if the bolts break... which they do. A lot. Only one on my car, but it's in the worst place.

[1987cp]

Oh, that's not too terribly awful, then. I was worried that steel had to come out ... reminds me, when I get my welder, I should weld up or otherwise make more elegant the holes from when I installed my rear shocks and didn't realize I really could get to them from underneath.

[mrltd]

Some steel does... Not too much though. I hope. The one that I broke is a very simple fix on a sedan..

[Lincolnmania]

looks nice mang! good job!
couple more pieces and it will be done