Hang in there Grant... G Bodies were notorious for frame rot by the bumper. I was told that moisture would settle there along with exhaust gases that would combine and become corrosive. I had a 78 Malibu that the bumper just about fell off. I punched holes in the truck floor and wrapped chain around the frame--drove it like that for two yrs until it went to the junkyard!😆
@Str8sixfan
Жыл бұрын
That makes some sense given where my tailpipe ends.
@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860
Жыл бұрын
Who’s Brent ?
@glennnickerson8438
Жыл бұрын
Oops--Grant... Watching too much You Tube late at night!😆
@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860
Жыл бұрын
@@glennnickerson8438 lol.
@stevemac201
Жыл бұрын
I like your style man! it will come together! Mine is always a work in progress!
@Str8sixfan
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! That fix took me forever to do, but happy to be done now!
@GregsGarage
Жыл бұрын
Frame rail is coming together. I can't wait to see the bumper welded up and polished.
@Str8sixfan
Жыл бұрын
It's taking so much longer than I would have ever suspected, but I guess I'd rather get it right than hurry through it and screw it up
@LeftForDeadGarage
Жыл бұрын
I need to do similar repairs to my impala, but I can’t stop driving it long enough lol
@Str8sixfan
Жыл бұрын
it'll happen! I usually have the reverse - I never drive my project vehicles enough!
@LeftForDeadGarage
Жыл бұрын
@@Str8sixfan Iam keeping up with how many miles I put on it this year. Unfortunately the PowerTour route seems rather short this year and won’t take me to any new places but o well. Hey go drive that thing! Lol
@asicerik
Жыл бұрын
Great video Grant.
@Str8sixfan
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate it. Much longer than I like to make them, but it kind of is what it is
@robertsmith987
Жыл бұрын
all i ever heard when my 1986 gp needed this just switch frames its easy i said anything is easy when u know what you are doing! i did what you did
@Str8sixfan
Жыл бұрын
Glad to know - 1) it's normal, and 2) that I'm not the only one who's ever patched one!
@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860
Жыл бұрын
Nice job. Thankfully here the cars don’t rust out.
@Str8sixfan
Жыл бұрын
We're in between. Not as bad as Jason's area. Can mostly prevent it around here on frames if you wash your undercarriage well enough after snows. Body panels, that's different for sure
@davecarey7452
Жыл бұрын
Brings back old memories. My father had a 1979 Parisienne and by 1991 the Newfoundland and Labrador sheet metal rats had gnawed through the rear bumper, gas tank and rear body mounts. I struggled to keep it solid for him but gave up. Just a shame because the 350 and body panels remained relatively healthy.
@Str8sixfan
Жыл бұрын
Dang, that is tough to hear! Amazing the memories cars give us
@GKGavOwnsYou
3 ай бұрын
Any video on the finished Frame?
@Str8sixfan
3 ай бұрын
@@GKGavOwnsYou Boy, I really thought it made it in as a clip in some other video down the road, but I just scrubbed the next 2-3 obvious progress videos after that and didn't see anything. I'll keep looking
@GKGavOwnsYou
3 ай бұрын
@@Str8sixfan Thanks, curious to see how it turned out
@samrothstein9716
Жыл бұрын
I could see doing it that way on a plow truck or a daily driver to get by but not on a car that you’re trying to preserve, restore or put more money into. They sell the repair frame rails for about $300. Not a lot to spend to do it right.
@Str8sixfan
Жыл бұрын
Sure, I'm not keeping it forever. Trying to make it better for the next guy. I bet I have $45 in it, and it's going to last probably 5-10 years for the next owner. I wasn't going to add $300 of value to the car in a 2-person garage with no lift. It was hard enough in my confines to do that. But I wasn't selling the car to the next person not addressing that frame rail. Seemed like the right solution for the context.
@channelone7557
2 ай бұрын
What size Tube Steel did you use and where did you find it?
@Str8sixfan
2 ай бұрын
I want to say I hacked up a thinner wall 4x4. I got it from a place local to me called metal by the foot
@channelone7557
2 ай бұрын
@@Str8sixfan do you by any chance no what gauge it was
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