Has been awhile since a report....but have gotten some much needed rust/corrosion repair done on the frame rails.
Where the front of the body had sat for years had allowed bad pitting on top of the rails, so we box braced the frame to keep it in place and cut the top of the rails off....drilled spot weld holes in the sides of the rails to reinforce repairs with plates being placed inside and welded into place, then put new top caps on the rails that were plasma cut to follow the contour of the rails. We set back the new top rail so when welding into place it actually welded to the top cap, new reinforcement sides and to the factory outside walls.
With that done we got some frame horn repair done.
Decision has been made to put the chassis back on the table, and drop the big arch on the aftermarket rear rails to sit more horizontal like a factory frame, but do the mods above the 4 link attachment points.....will get both tire clearance and 4 link while keeping trunk space....that will happen after engine/tranny are mounted and new crossmember is fab'd up....hopefully in January.
