F.a.o Jim Stott (cracks In 3a Chassis)

[Shandylegs]

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Edited October 21, 2011 by Shandylegs

[Big Jim]

I found mine was cracked at the welds at the front end of the engine bay a couple of years ago, and had them tig welded up, with a 1" wide plate welded across the joint. When I was doing the vauxhall conversion, I found a crack in the top outer "member" under where the Ford pedal assembly used to be, it hadn't been helped by the number of holes that had been drilled through it by the original builder, so this got the same treatment. (check out, Engine change for piccy of this bit. Another area of weakness, is the rear suspension. It's just a piece of angle iron held to the top of the tub "member" with a couple of bolts, and the side of the boot. It twists the top of the tub, and in time will break it open. The whole lot needs plating and strengthening up.

[Shandylegs]

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Edited October 21, 2011 by Shandylegs

[Big Jim]

I'll see if I can get a piccy of what i did to sort out the back end. (If I can get the camera back off Mutley!)