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Old Jul 22, 2016 | 12:14 AM
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Hey guys, I had this posted in my thread in the general section but haven't heard anything yes so trying here. Thanks in advance.

My frame is out getting media blasted and when it returns I plan to tackle some of the modifications from the Chevy Power Book. The first thing I want to do is add the diagonal braces in the kick-up area that were not on the earlier 68's (like mine) but were added later. I have the braces from Zip and I found a placement that seems to be pretty good but will still need some "massaging" to get good tight gaps for welding. While I am doing this want to get the bracket as close to factory location as possible. Does anyone have a late 68 or later frame exposed that can grab the dimension in the picture for me? Thanks! Chris
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Old Jul 22, 2016 | 12:27 AM
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This is from my early 69 which exposes the general area in question. You could I suppose do ratios across the cross member to get close to the right dimensions






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Old Jul 22, 2016 | 10:05 AM
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Thanks Ignatz, those are good pictures. Nice job on the car I hope to look something like that be the end of the year!
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