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Black Gold 380R's 65 Mustang Build Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Black Gold 380R" data-source="post: 16450184" data-attributes="member: 70025"><p>When I built this car the first time my brother and I notched the front of the frame rails in order to fit the radiator. When I first bought this car I ALWAYS had over heating problems. So, I bought a huge radiator from Summit to cure that problem. In order to fit the radiator I had to notch the frame rails. Back then my brother and I just winged it. Well, now that I'm a little older and wiser AND I have way better tools I wanted to check the notches for alignment.</p><p></p><p>Time to bust out the laser and see how far off we were back then.</p><p></p><p>Laser lined up with lower part of notch on passenger side (notice bolt coming through notch?).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650235[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here you can see the lower part of notch on drivers side is almost a half inch below laser level. Time to add some metal and get it right.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650236[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Metal plate added.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650237[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Laser line marks new place that needs to be cut.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650238[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>New notch created. On the drivers side I placed the back plate at an angle to make room for the bolt and to create a better support for the bottom of the radiator. [ATTACH=full]1650239[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Verifying the pocket is correct.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650240[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>On the passenger side I had to install an angle plate in order to match the drivers side (in this picture you can see I finally cleaned up the welds on the cross member and shock mounts).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650241[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Close up of drivers side notch (I'm not too worried about the welds on these notches as I'm going to line each notch with a rubber material to protect the radiator). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650242[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Passenger side notch. [ATTACH=full]1650243[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black Gold 380R, post: 16450184, member: 70025"] When I built this car the first time my brother and I notched the front of the frame rails in order to fit the radiator. When I first bought this car I ALWAYS had over heating problems. So, I bought a huge radiator from Summit to cure that problem. In order to fit the radiator I had to notch the frame rails. Back then my brother and I just winged it. Well, now that I'm a little older and wiser AND I have way better tools I wanted to check the notches for alignment. Time to bust out the laser and see how far off we were back then. Laser lined up with lower part of notch on passenger side (notice bolt coming through notch?). [ATTACH=full]1650235[/ATTACH] Here you can see the lower part of notch on drivers side is almost a half inch below laser level. Time to add some metal and get it right. [ATTACH=full]1650236[/ATTACH] Metal plate added. [ATTACH=full]1650237[/ATTACH] Laser line marks new place that needs to be cut. [ATTACH=full]1650238[/ATTACH] New notch created. On the drivers side I placed the back plate at an angle to make room for the bolt and to create a better support for the bottom of the radiator. [ATTACH=full]1650239[/ATTACH] Verifying the pocket is correct. [ATTACH=full]1650240[/ATTACH] On the passenger side I had to install an angle plate in order to match the drivers side (in this picture you can see I finally cleaned up the welds on the cross member and shock mounts). [ATTACH=full]1650241[/ATTACH] Close up of drivers side notch (I'm not too worried about the welds on these notches as I'm going to line each notch with a rubber material to protect the radiator). [ATTACH=full]1650242[/ATTACH] Passenger side notch. [ATTACH=full]1650243[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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