Frank regarding the front rails do you know how much they rise from the
horizontal. I thought mine was bent too, maybe it isn't? Sure glad I read this
before I went off to the body shop to get it straightened.
Dave Formstone
1960 Bugeye
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From: Frank Clarici[SMTP:spritenut@Exit109.com]
Sent: February 11, 1998 19:23 PM
To: jburruso@pacbell.net
Cc: Spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rookie Mistakes
jburruso@pacbell.net wrote:
The two longitudinal frame
> members are somewhat tweaked at the front, and the bonnet is warped so
> that when trial fitting it, it appears that it has spread at the rear.
>
The frame rails are supposed to be tweaked up just a bit (noticable by eye)
this is not "frame sag" it is correct.
The spreading of the rear of the bonnet is typical, so is metal fatique
around the wheel arches of the bonnet.
I have been welding in 1/4 inch rebar (available at any builders supply)
around the wheel arch while someone holds it back it position.
The rear spread can usually be corrected by adjusting the supports in the
back and doing the wheel arch rod trick.
Do not have the frame straightened unless you are sure it was whacked.
Been ther, done that, and really screwed up a bugeye. I thought it was
bent, now it is after I paid someone to "make it straight"
I was a rookie too.
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Frank Clarici
Seeing all of you at Sprite Rush 98
For more info on Sprite Rush, the 40th anniversery of the Sprite
Check out my home page http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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