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10-26-2011, 09:44 PM
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Frame repair with washers
Looking back in the past I really did some crazy things to the chevelle when it was being drag raced. At that point in time the biggest concern was make it go faster and faster and do whatever it takes to do it. One thing I did was drill out the front frame of the car with a 1.25" holesaw. Well it came time to fix all this crap since I have the engine and fenders off the car.
here's some of my swiss cheese. lol  I picked up some washers that fit the holes in the frame exactly and then proceeded to weld all the holes up.  I then ground down my welds.  And rattle canned it all with some flat black rustoleum. It looks so much nicer now! turned out really nice! Especially for a $3.50 repair.   
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1964 Malibu SS, now a LS1 and T56, Back halfed, rollbar, narrowed 9 inch, 4.11 gears and 31x16x15 Mickey SSR's on Weld wheels. 
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10-27-2011, 03:35 AM
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Looks great! Can barely tell they were ever there after you blended it in and painted
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Boyd "If its running better than normal go ahead and pull out your wallet because somethings about to break!"
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10-27-2011, 03:13 PM
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nah, there's really no need to strengthen that section since it doesn't do much in front of the control arms, but hold up the core support and fenders. The washers are the same gauge as the frame, but it's probably not as strong if it were to be in a collision or something. I just wanted the ugly holes gone since it's now a street car. I've been wanting them gone since I made the mistake of doing it 12 years ago. LOL
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1964 Malibu SS, now a LS1 and T56, Back halfed, rollbar, narrowed 9 inch, 4.11 gears and 31x16x15 Mickey SSR's on Weld wheels.
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