Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Condition of the frame





The frame of the BD is not in a good shape. The van is holding together in the sheet metal, because the main frame is broken on both sides behind the front wheels. If the body had been more rusted, the whole car would brake in half. So to reach the first goal of a rolling object, some serious welding is needed. First thing will be making the jig ready, and flip the car over on the side. Then strengthen everything, and start to cut out some rotten metal. I've already taken out a whole bucket of rust with my bare hands =) Some pictures to show what it's like under there...The usual cross members, outriggers, jacking points etc are by-gonz.

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