I screwed up!! Advice please?
I saw you PM'd me. What I can tell you by your pictures that I could see . Don't waist your time trying to repair the clip. Look inside the rails with a scope first your jaw will drop. If that section of the rail rusted that bad on the outside is just as bad inside. The car will get solid with a square and aligned clip. You can not even tell it was repaired when I do them . The most time consuming is removing and cleaning the body and the clip so it goes on a like it was factory installed. We can replace just the rails but we found it takes more time and not as nice a job. So that would be a lot more money. The motor still would have to come out.
One thing required on Barracudas or plastic grille cars is you remove the parts mentioned. and the seats and carpet. Drive it in , Drive it out . I also replace the upper bushing and use good upper a arms. Your arms are probably just as bad.
I drop the whole motor trans suspension with the wire harness everything drops out the bottom. We leave the uppers on the clip coming out. We replace them with glass beaded arms with new bushings it is much easier for us. Replacing Strut and lower bushings is $50 more parts included . I take pictures of the whole process and post them. All fenders and doors edges are taped to prevent chips. The last one took Friday night to Sunday night that included floors and the owner helped.
From roof skins , cowls ,mini tubs, Quarters, rails, Tail panels. We do the work pretty quick and cheaper than most. We have no overhead. The garage and the equipment is paid for. We have been doing these cars for a long time. Welding the sheet metal on any A-body car is what I did for years .
I won't do body work any more . My arms are done I am to old and did hand blocking for to many years. My son does the paint on our cars since my cancer.
I like sheet metal work. Its easy and I can make a couple dollars on the side. He does all the welding. I get the parts ready and fitted .
The only reason I am taking work in and building two cars to sell. I need the money for a project I never talk about .
I would be interested in the LD340
I saw you PM'd me. What I can tell you by your pictures that I could see . Don't waist your time trying to repair the clip. Look inside the rails with a scope first your jaw will drop. If that section of the rail rusted that bad on the outside is just as bad inside. The car will get solid with a square and aligned clip. You can not even tell it was repaired when I do them . The most time consuming is removing and cleaning the body and the clip so it goes on a like it was factory installed. We can replace just the rails but we found it takes more time and not as nice a job. So that would be a lot more money. The motor still would have to come out.
One thing required on Barracudas or plastic grille cars is you remove the parts mentioned. and the seats and carpet. Drive it in , Drive it out . I also replace the upper bushing and use good upper a arms. Your arms are probably just as bad.
I drop the whole motor trans suspension with the wire harness everything drops out the bottom. We leave the uppers on the clip coming out. We replace them with glass beaded arms with new bushings it is much easier for us. Replacing Strut and lower bushings is $50 more parts included . I take pictures of the whole process and post them. All fenders and doors edges are taped to prevent chips. The last one took Friday night to Sunday night that included floors and the owner helped.
From roof skins , cowls ,mini tubs, Quarters, rails, Tail panels. We do the work pretty quick and cheaper than most. We have no overhead. The garage and the equipment is paid for. We have been doing these cars for a long time. Welding the sheet metal on any A-body car is what I did for years .
I won't do body work any more . My arms are done I am to old and did hand blocking for to many years. My son does the paint on our cars since my cancer.
I like sheet metal work. Its easy and I can make a couple dollars on the side. He does all the welding. I get the parts ready and fitted .
The only reason I am taking work in and building two cars to sell. I need the money for a project I never talk about .
I would be interested in the LD340
