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Old 10-08-2013, 03:20 PM   #12
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Re: Trusty Rusty - 72 GMC LWB

After taking of the bed and cab, we noticed that the frame rail on the passenger side is an "S" shape and the driver side is a slight "C". It's a little worse than originally expected. Starting underneath the cab and going forward, it bows outward and then it curves back inward at the front suspension cross member and then curves back out at the frame horns.

We made some crude measurements and it is definitely racked, but the wheel base is equal on both sides. Still trying to figure out what needs to be corrected to get it back close to square.

Talked to a lot of frame shops in the area and they all want to see the truck with the body on it so that they can straighten the frame to the panels. Going to check out a place this week to see if they will straighten it to the specs. This has sure slowed things down a bit. And on top of that, I have to travel to Germany for two weeks. Not a whole lot is going to get done for a while.

On the bright side, got the block back from the machine shop and they did not have to clearance for the stroker crank and rods, which saved me $300! So at least we can work on building the 383.
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