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1970 Coronet.
It’s a 318 car we’re converting to 440. Original a 22 inch rad, converting to 26.
While my stripped body shell was in storage, someone backed into it, kinking the front rad support. Not just the bottom, the entire thing. Since I have to convert to 26 inch rad anyway, my plan is to replace the entire front rad support. What a freakin’ job that is!
And yet, body shops must have done this all the time back in the day. Has anyone here actually done it? It’s all attached to the front frame rails with spot welds, but there are three layers of metal where it attaches to the frame rails. I am patiently drilling and grinding spot welds, but it is a long, tedious process. Is this how it was done? If I was paying a body shop hourly rate to do this I would be broke, yet they must have done it.
No, I’m not just cutting a 26 inch hole in what I have. It is kinked and cracked.
It’s a 318 car we’re converting to 440. Original a 22 inch rad, converting to 26.
While my stripped body shell was in storage, someone backed into it, kinking the front rad support. Not just the bottom, the entire thing. Since I have to convert to 26 inch rad anyway, my plan is to replace the entire front rad support. What a freakin’ job that is!
And yet, body shops must have done this all the time back in the day. Has anyone here actually done it? It’s all attached to the front frame rails with spot welds, but there are three layers of metal where it attaches to the frame rails. I am patiently drilling and grinding spot welds, but it is a long, tedious process. Is this how it was done? If I was paying a body shop hourly rate to do this I would be broke, yet they must have done it.
No, I’m not just cutting a 26 inch hole in what I have. It is kinked and cracked.