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Originally Posted by CC69Rat
My CNotch has 17 grade 8 bolts in it. It is plated on all 4 sides, and bolted on 3. IMO, it's stronger now than before it was cut. Just sayin .. With the right parts, I think it actually gives it strength. I havent regretted mine for a minute.. it's your truck, I say it's your decision.  |
I have done tons of reading and digging through the internet since starting this thread and I have found several things that I did not know.
As a car and truck builder/fabricator I am always interested in what is going on in the hobby.
1- To get the kind of ride height that many builders are going for, a simple "C-notch" doesn't come close to giving the builder enough clearance for them to "lay frame".
2- The tire wheel combinations used by some builders not only require the rear frame to be altered, they also require a pretty expensive "drop member" and front suspension to "lay out" the front end.
3-The inner wheel wells become useless and need to be highly modified to be used at all. I have seen trucks that the tires are an inch away from the hood.
4-After rereading my #1 post in this thread, I can see that I come off pretty arrogant and abrasive..
Sorry about that
Not my intension at all, I was simply trying to find out how the frame alterations being done, are being done and making the statement that a few that I have seen look pretty unsafe.... That is not to say all are, just some that I have seen.
I am still not into the big wheel look on the 60-66 trucks and the cool thing is I don't need to be..
I do respect what others do to their trucks and hope they respect what I do with mine.
Just setting the record straight.
Also, for anyone who might care. I have been working on a hidden roll cage for my pro-street truck, that incorporates an altered rear frame with a cage in the bed under a fiberglass bed cover and a roll cage in the cab that does not have the support links that go from the main hoop back to the frame.
What I have been designing could be used to reinforce the rear frame AND supply a platform for a raised bed floor.
I definately don't want that 4X4 roll bar look so that is why I have gone to such great trouble to develope something and also a reason I was/am interested in how builders are nothching frames..
