Thanks for the tip! I will check it out this weekend.
Dave Formstone
1960 Bugeye
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From: Frank Clarici[SMTP:spritenut@Exit109.com]
Sent: February 11, 1998 21:30 PM
To: Dave Formstone
Subject: Re: Rookie Mistakes
Dave Formstone wrote:
>
> Frank regarding the front rails do you know how much they rise from the
>horizontal. I thought mine was bent too, maybe it isn't? Sure glad I read this
>before I went off to the body shop to get it straightened.
> Dave Formstone
> 1960 Bugeye
>
Dave
You can visually see a slight rise in the front of the frame rails.
I do not have any specs. All Sprites and Midgets (when the front sheetmetal
is off) has the same look. It looks like a sag, it is not.
I had my 59 straightened and it is perfectly straight now but the radiator
now has to be shimmed to sit verticle in the support and I had to do some
modifications to the front end.
I think a simple check would be to place a level on the radiator support to
see if it is plumb. Make sure the car is on level ground and not a pitched
garage floor.
I found out the hard, expensive way. Now I have looked at many more and
seen the same sag I used to have with no side effects. My side effects
occured after frame straightening.
Good luck
Frank
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