| Here is a picture of the front crossmember. Noticed that I drilled holes at the ends of the
cracks. This is done to keep the crack from coming back after the repair. |
Here is another picture of the front crossmember. Noticed that I used a grinder and made
the cracks wider to give a wider joint for the weld. |
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| Here are pictures of the front crossmember after being welded and ground done. This
is when having a 220 volt welder comes in handy. I just cran k it up to get proper penetration
on thicker steel.
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| Here is a picture of the front body mount of an early 2nd gen f-body. This piece came off
of a parts car and is identical to the one on my shell. |
Here is a picture of the Goodmark patch panels. They list the piece for 67-81 Camaro use.
This really isn't the case as you will see later on. |
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| Here is how off the Goodmark patch panels are |
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| To make these patches fit, I had to cut them up and not use the alignment holes
in the patches. I mount and aligned the frame and made cardboard templates to use for a guide.
I wanted to make sure that the new holes were exactly were they were supposed to be. These pictures
show how the templates were made and used for the right side. The last photo shows how worn my original
mounts were.
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| These pictures show how the templates were made and used for the left side. The
first photo shows all the cardboard templates and modified patch pieces. The last photo shows
how worn my original mounts were.
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| Here are pictures of the process of cutting out the area to be repaired on the
right mount and welding the patch in place. |
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| Here are pictures of the process of cutting out the area to be repaired on the
left mount and welding the patch in place. |
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| Here are some shots of the frame all stripped and prepped with Metal Ready. The next step will be
coating it all POR-15 Gloss Black |
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