Excellent work ! Were it myself, likely would have hammered the first one half to death and then buzzed it in. After seeing the second one sitting so much better than the first I will remember this and always try to maintain the highest standard i can. Thank you Dan, hope some great days for you !
Thanks! I thought about modifying it. I felt more comfortable making it out of one piece, without any extra welds, being that it's a frame rail section and it's thin material to begin with.
Turned out great Dan. I was lucky to get a short section for my repair from someone who just needed the rear section, but after your vid, I could definitely make one. I still need to invest in a brake, and a drill press.
@@RestoCar I'm sure it would take me a few trys to make it. Sometimes our videos do make things look easier than they are. My repair will go around the curve just a little. Cant wait to get to that point. That means the doors will be done. Lol
The tool you were missing that makes this easy is the hand held air powered belt sander. Use a 1/2”x 18” 35-40 grit belt. Works great for the spot welds.
Only a few years late, but the reason your templates were a little bit short is because when you welded the frame rail back together you didnt account for the 1/8th gap made from the zip disc. So everything where there was a cut was 1/8th short
Another great instructional video! I am doing a similar repair on a 68 Torino. I don't know if this will help or not, I save old cereal boxes to make templates from and I have also bought a roll of floor protection cardboard for larger templates. Aways like seeing your videos! Thanks, Joe
Fantastic work. One suggestion is to invest in electric shears from harbor freight. They're cheap and cut up to 16 gauge like butter and are faster then cut off wheels. . I use them all the time and rarely use cutting disc. love the videos. Ahmad
Thanks for the tip Ahmad! I do need to try them. I bought a set of electric shears off of Amazon a while ago and have not opened them up yet. All I have ever used is the cut off wheel so it's a hard habit to break! Can you post a link to the shears you got from harbor freight?
Great job! Would you be willing to share a copy of the paper template you made? This would be helpful for many that may need this section of frame and, like you, cannot justify buying a complete frame rail but are willing to make the attempt at making their own.
Thanks! I don't mind at all. I'll scan it and throw it on the website. I'm not sure how to get it to print to scale, but I'll see if I can figure something out there. I'll post the link here after I upload it.
@@RestoCar Great, thanks! This will be very helpful for the 74-81 Camaro owners since reproduction full rails are not being produced yet. With your template it wouldn't take much to be able add the missing few inches to create full rails out of the rails that are available.
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13:01 Awesome video. Will definitely come back for the next. Thumbs up 👍
Excellent work ! Were it myself, likely would have hammered the first one half to death and then buzzed it in. After seeing the second one sitting so much better than the first I will remember this and always try to maintain the highest standard i can. Thank you Dan, hope some great days for you !
Thanks! I thought about modifying it. I felt more comfortable making it out of one piece, without any extra welds, being that it's a frame rail section and it's thin material to begin with.
Great Video!! and love that Christmas pencil!!!
Nice job Dan! You won't be able to notice the repair when you are done!
Thanks Dave!
You’re amazing thanks for sharing
Turned out great Dan. I was lucky to get a short section for my repair from someone who just needed the rear section, but after your vid, I could definitely make one. I still need to invest in a brake, and a drill press.
Thanks Russ! It's definitely DIY material if you don't have to go back to where the frame rail begins to curve around the wheel well.
@@RestoCar I'm sure it would take me a few trys to make it. Sometimes our videos do make things look easier than they are. My repair will go around the curve just a little. Cant wait to get to that point. That means the doors will be done. Lol
Dang!! Nicely done.
Thank you!
Wow Dan am going to call you Fantastic man because the things you make and build are fantastic great work as always
Dan once again just plain awesome...very detail oriented. Nice work.
Thanks Rob!
Nice Job.
Thank you!
great vid
The tool you were missing that makes this easy is the hand held air powered belt sander. Use a 1/2”x 18” 35-40 grit belt. Works great for the spot welds.
Only a few years late, but the reason your templates were a little bit short is because when you welded the frame rail back together you didnt account for the 1/8th gap made from the zip disc. So everything where there was a cut was 1/8th short
Another great instructional video! I am doing a similar repair on a 68 Torino.
I don't know if this will help or not, I save old cereal boxes to make templates from and I have also bought a roll of floor protection cardboard for larger templates.
Aways like seeing your videos!
Thanks, Joe
Thanks! Those are both great ideas. I'll be saving the cereal boxes from here on out and I'll check out the floor protection cardboard.
I hope you plan on continuing your channel.
Fantastic work. One suggestion is to invest in electric shears from harbor freight. They're cheap and cut up to 16 gauge like butter and are faster then cut off wheels. . I use them all the time and rarely use cutting disc. love the videos.
Ahmad
Thanks for the tip Ahmad! I do need to try them. I bought a set of electric shears off of Amazon a while ago and have not opened them up yet. All I have ever used is the cut off wheel so it's a hard habit to break! Can you post a link to the shears you got from harbor freight?
Great job! Would you be willing to share a copy of the paper template you made? This would be helpful for many that may need this section of frame and, like you, cannot justify buying a complete frame rail but are willing to make the attempt at making their own.
Thanks! I don't mind at all. I'll scan it and throw it on the website. I'm not sure how to get it to print to scale, but I'll see if I can figure something out there. I'll post the link here after I upload it.
@@RestoCar Great, thanks! This will be very helpful for the 74-81 Camaro owners since reproduction full rails are not being produced yet. With your template it wouldn't take much to be able add the missing few inches to create full rails out of the rails that are available.
@@RestoCar did you ever do this? Link to website please.
What thickness of steel is that bud👍👍
18 gauge
@@RestoCar awesome thanks man👍👍
Who did you order your torque boxes from.I I need 4 sets for 4 cars. Please
YOUR CONTOUR GAUGE IS AT HARBOR FREIGHT,DOLLAR GENERAL,ALMOST ANYWHERE THE SELL TOOLS,.I EVEN FOUND THEM IN GROCERY STORES.
Some lock some dont.some come I. Different length