Project “Ghost Duster”, 1970 Duster Corner Carver
The drivers side frame rail to rocker panel brace was toast. The parts car brace was also toast. I drilled out the remaining spot welds, hammered the brace flat and traced it onto a piece of cardboard. My version of CAD..... cardboard aided design. I used material slightly thicker than the stock unit for added strength, aound .050”. The original piece had beads run down the front and I wanted it to look stock, so I took a piece of 1” cold rolled and machined a few different length slots with a ball nosed end mill and made matching dies to press beads into the new brace with my 30 ton press.
The drivers side frame rail to rocker panel brace was toast. The parts car brace was also toast. I drilled out the remaining spot welds, hammered the brace flat and traced it onto a piece of cardboard. My version of CAD..... cardboard aided design. I used material slightly thicker than the stock unit for added strength, aound .050”. The original piece had beads run down the front and I wanted it to look stock, so I took a piece of 1” cold rolled and machined a few different length slots with a ball nosed end mill and made matching dies to press beads into the new brace with my 30 ton press.
