K Member Damage?

dspur said:

My K member appears to have been welded and repaired. Just factory sloppy or? There was some damage in the past as evidenced by other front end pieces.
Blast, repaint and reuse or future structural failure?

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AR67GTX said:

I’ll second that factory frame welds on GM and Mopar were anything but pretty. And the underside of the engine cradle often took a beating from jacks, jackstands and curbs over the years. But it’s not impossible it has had some repair over the years. Hard to tell from pictures. That isn’t a popped center weld on the k-member bottom towards the front is it?

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WileE said:

MEASURE... before you do anything. Check the stabilizer mount area for cupping.

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dspur said:

Everything was in place and seemed to be installed normally. I just took to all apart for other reasons.

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dspur said:

My K member appears to have been welded and repaired. Just factory sloppy or? There was some damage in the past as evidenced by other front end pieces.

Blast, repaint and reuse or future structural failure?

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Kern Dog said:

Those look typical to me. I've had numerous A, B and E body K members that look about the same as yours.

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440 4 speed said:

I have never seen any with that much rust except one that came from I believe was an Illinois car with no front floors. That came up here in the early 80’s.

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