Does this frame look solid to you? (pics)
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From: Southbound
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Originally Posted by kylelm
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From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
Frame looks good - usual surface corosion but no holes. There is a spacer on your spring mount bolt that someone has put there to change the rear ride height - the rear spring may be sagging, so they used a spacer to raise the rear.
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From: WI
Originally Posted by Red70vette
I see no major issues with the frame. Have you checked the bird cage?
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From: Wilmington DE, Drive it like you stole it, 68 327 4 speed coupe
Originally Posted by Easy Mike
Based upon what I can see, it looks okay to me. Typical Corvette. What puzzles me is what looks like a spacer on the spring mount bolt. What's up with that?
looks like bubba was messin with the ride height
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From: Sacramento CA
That broken tire carrier looks like it's from a tow. Happened to mine when I had a rear wheel bearing go south and had the car towed home. (prior to sliding bed tow trucks) That was one of my first fiberglass repair projects. The damage looked just the same.
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From: Spring Texas
I have an extra tub that is better than that one, Not perfect, but cheap. The V-strap took more hits than the tub, so I have separated them. Got NOS pieces off of ebay for my car, but I'm not sure that I can use them either. Fairly steep driveway.
Last edited by 71rdster; Oct 11, 2006 at 09:06 PM.
