On Mon, 11 Apr 1994, Alexander R. Levinson wrote:
> Folks,
> I noticed that the frame on my '60 Bugeye is slightly bent upwared. I am a
>
> I have the car upside down (doing a complete re-build of the underside -
> floorpan, sils, posts, the works...). I just noticed that the two box
> cross-section members that form the H main beam assembly underneath the engine
> are bent upward just bit. Not a lot, about a degree or so. The bend is right
> behind the front suspension spring mounts.
>
> Both the main beams are bent upward by same amount, it is as if the car had
> landed squarely on its front after a short flight. Should one side get more
> beating then the other after a stunt like this? There are no other signs
> of frame or suspension damage.
>
I worried about that too. But rest easy, the frame rails are supposed to
be bent that way. I have heard a story, which might even be true, about
an owner who stripped his bugeye to save money, preparatory to turning the
shell over to a professional restorer. He delivered it, and proudly asked
the professional how much he had saved by straightening the bent front
frame rails himself.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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