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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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alright this is my thing i relplace the frame of my 69 corvette with a frame im guessing 73 or later cuase it has rubber bushings on it and i was looking at it and the frame rail end cap on the driver side has a pin whole in it and i can replace it with a new one my old frame rotted out around where the trailing arms conected and on this frame it looks fine actually it looks fine every were but this the end cap on the frame rail is this the start is this a comon area or is this just a minior problem and welding in a new one will fix my problem? ill take pics when i go to work on it tomarrow
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 09:08 PM
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You won't know how bad until you get it open. Hopefully it rusted from the outdside in and not the inside out. If it rusted from inside there may be a lot of thinning that is not visible on the outside.
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