Frame rail and floor replacement Part 1

Cut out the old frame rails, notice how one of them is substantially shorter, it literally rusted away.

I had to shovel the piles of rust that fell out of this thing

Put the car up on its side with the engine hoist, made getting under it MUCH easier.


Pile o' rust, this is the passenger side only

Took a picture of the passenger side rail getting alligned, the driver side was done, the rust wasn't as bad on that side we cut around the sheet metal.

Passenger side was a different story, it had some fucked up replacement rail job done, so i said fuck it and cut the entire rail and floor out in one piece.







Here is a poor picture, but you get the idea.

The inner and outer metal under the fire wall into the engine bay was rusted right through, worst part is this is where the new frame rails were to be mounted.

Luckily the rust stopped about a 1/2 inch before the frame rails ended, i was able to cut out the old shit and have my dad put new ones in.

Starting to make the patches

Almost done, everything was spot welded down, the metal is so god damn thin that the welding rod is burning right through even on the lowest setting.

For the most part, it was able to be patched, i will be going over this with a wire brush and some hard core epoxy caulk to seal it.

Inside the engine bay was just as bad, here's my dad welding the patch panels here as well.

Almost done











Back to the frame rails,

We put them in and tacked them, the floors aren't that sturdy so we got some angle iron and welded it to the frame, which will be welded to the floor strengthening everything.

More pics











Up front we belt the angle iron up against the chassis and the frame rail, this is about 90% done, it'll be bent flush with the car later (i forgot to take a picture of that)

Called it a day because it was getting a late, welding should be finished tomorrow.