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: Crack in frame


30-A rider
Feb 24th, 06, 12:27 PM
On my 70 Convertible since I got the car years ago there has been a small crack in the frame on the passenger side over the rear, exactly at a body bolt mount. The crack spans approc 1" on the top of the frame medially to laterally and then down approx 1.5" from the top. I drove the car for years watching the crack and it never got a bit worse. Car has been sitting in the garage for the past 5 years or so and plan on resurection as my daily driver this summer. Will be adding a new dual plane intake, new 600 cfm carb, new cam , ditching the stock ex manifolds for headers and increasing the dual system from 1 3/4" to 2 1/2" with some flow masters. With the modest amount of increased power I need to fix this. Will being putting on new quarters before it hits the road so while I have the mig out I figure its time to fix it. Any suggestions for the experts here on how to weld it. Should I just wled the existing crack. Or should I weld existing crack and then weld a pice of flat stock over top of crack an the top and lateral surface of the crack. Any suggestions are welcomed?

joeyv69ragtop
Feb 24th, 06, 12:59 PM
By no means do I consider myself an expert, but from what I've read in other posts I think the first thing you should do is drill a small hole at the end of the crack to prevent it from spreading any further. You said it hasn't gotten any worse, but that could change. A small hole for insurance seems like a small price to pay.

AlsChevelle
Feb 24th, 06, 1:13 PM
There are other posts on fixing frames I will try to find it and post the link.
You can search on the list for frame repair.

AlsChevelle
Feb 24th, 06, 1:23 PM
here is the other post it is about rust but the same applays in reparing.
http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118704&highlight=frame+repair

This page has repairs of a frame.http://www.einstyn.com/