rear frame replacement

Chris, I'm in the process of replacing a section of frame rail on the left front of my 66. The bottom of the rail and a small portion of each side rail was badly rusted near the bottom. I cut out all the rust, well back into the good metal area, then made up cardboard templates of both sides and the bottom piece, and cut new sections from 14 ga. metal, and welded them back into the frame rails. The replacement metal is a bit thicker than the original frame rail material, so there shouldn't be any strength issues with the new section. I have a couple of other rail sections that will also receive the same treatment.

I'm not sure how you're set up to do repairs like this, but I have my Vart on a rotisserie so it's really easy for me to get at both the inside and outside seams with the MIG. I have a few pics at home of the job, so if you'd like, I can probably post a couple photos for you tomorrow. Good luck.