martin2561

Look at the center cross member -the section between the right exhaust pipe and the rocker panel. There's a crease, what's your thoughts on how it was made and what effects it may have on the car or is it just cosmetics and can be filled in.
Thanks
Ron

Nowhere Man

I would think someone tried to jack the car up by the crossmember. I would think it's only cosmetic

martin2561

If you come straight back from the crease you can see a crack in the fiber glass.

Gary's '66

Could be someone came down on something HARD while driving. Like Nowhere Man said, the crease is probably not a structural issue however, if it were mine, I would at least repair the crack in the glass.

Gary

Boyan

There is one on opposite side also. Someone probably jumped the car onto railroad tracks....Dukes of Hazard style....

Blk63Vette

I second that....Somebody was going fast and hit HARD...Well somebody enjoyed that car...

Westlotorn

On the positive side that is one clean car!

6D2148

Looks like exhaust was also hit, seems to have flat spot. Chip

Frankie the Fink

Weld, glass, filler, paint...and keep on driving.....

You'll never know what caused that stuff, but none of it would keep me off the road...

Roger Walling

That crease would be hard to repair, one would have to have access to the inside to repair it correctly or you could drill a hole at the ends of the crease and try to work out the bulge by installing a large sheet metal bolt in the hole and pull down while taping the bulge.

Then weld grind and fill,PITA.

Just consider it a well experienced car!

OldKarz

Perhaps fix the glass, but drive it!

65BotaHam

That's a hard hit. I would not be concerned. As to how it happened? If the other items were hit at the same time then maybe it slid off a ramp. Or fell off a drive on lift with the pit underneath.

MOXIE62

My guess is it was done by a lift just like the yellow one in the picture. Buba just put the lift pars on the inner frame instead of the correct way shown in the picture. That's why I never use an arm lift like in picture. I like the drive on ramp style. One car I sold the buyer wanted me to put it on a lift. I said no because of possible lift damage. He brought the car anyway.

MikeM

.....................Or a floor jack.

Something flattened the exhaust pipes as well as previously mentioned.

martin2561

Next question is how do you repair it cosmetically. Do you drill a hole in it then thread the hole, screw a bolt in it and try to pull it out with a slide hammer like you would a sheet metal finder. I don't know if you could, the frame metal maybe to thick for that. Or clean the surface and with JB weld or similar fill the dent, then dress it up and paint it.

wmf62

fill it and paint it...


Bill

pop23235

If I'm a buyer, it goes to a frame machine for checking. Could be bowed up with that damage. If I own it, fix the glass and enjoy.

MikeM

Well, I probably wouldn't but there are those that just love to tinker. You could tack weld a series bolts along the crease and pull it with a slide hammer as you suggest.

ejboyd5

That damage was not the result of slow and steady pressure such as applied by a lift. It was the result of a sharp, hard contact such as encountering a high centered obstacle. Must have made quite a noise when it happened. If it were mine I'd forget about repair and simply not drive that same stretch of road at the same speed again.

Frankie the Fink

Takes about 45 minutes and a week later you'll forget it was ever there....and you'll have to find something else to worry about...