'Hay Burner' 69 LWB Frame Off Restore

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May 2017:

My body man had to return my parts unfinished. Health problems and he was losing the building he had. So here is a picture of the pile of sheet metal.

Goodbye garage space at home...

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June 2017:

Goodbye behind the seat tank, hello Boyd Welding fuel cell.

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August 2019:

Well since I have the body lets see how things fit....

Uh-Oh... this doesn't look quite right...

only 1/2" off that isn't that bad, or is it???

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August 2019:

Loaded and dropped off at the Frame straightening shop.

Look at all the room in the garage now.

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14 days later it's home. I think they may have actually made it worse. Now there is a belly in where cab sits and the front didn't change. Sending it back to the shop.

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September 2019:

After giving them 2 more attempts which not one time that I went there to measure it was the frame problem corrected. They had over 20 hrs of table time... either they can not use a measuring tape, their fancy table doesn't work or their technicians have no idea how to use either.

So being busy at work and disappointed with the outcome of the frame I gave it a rest to think about what to do next.

January 2020:

Well, I picked up a lot of steel, 4x4 lumber, a few chain ratchets and figured out some redneck engineering and went to work on the frame.

After 3 weeks of pulling here to there and this and that, here was the result.

At the center of the engine cross member it was now less than 1/16" off center and the front horn center line was off by 3/16" so that should mean the center was off by 3/32" way better than before. And after I put all the sheet metal on both side of the fenders had equal spacing off the tires as you would suspect.

Moral of the story:

Make sure the people doing the work know what they are doing or better yet check the frame before 20 years go by... LOL

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February 2020:

Proof is in the pudding! No more problems with the frame!