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Old 01-20-2015, 06:42 PM   #65
Elliot949
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Re: Blood Sweat and Tears.. 67 Build Thread

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Originally Posted by texasld View Post
If you don't have a real reason to pull the x members out, I don't recommend it. It's a real pain in the ARSE to cut that many rivets out of the frame and you have to do a really good job of getting it put back together to make it all straight and square. The powder guy will be able to do a really great job even with the x members in the frame. If it unbolts, by all means take it out, but if you are cutting rivets, I would leave it in.
I concur with this... I know a few guys that are very talented that did this and it was pure hell getting it back square even with a computerized frame machine...
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