i can't comment on whats original or not but here is a (bad) picture
of my left pass-through:
http://owainlloyd.no-ip.com:8080/photos/Tiger/bellhousing%20inspection%20plate/slides/CIMG4488.JPG
the right side looks a little different - looks as if its been
patched. sorry, i don't have a picture of that side.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:38 PM, <sralsten@ca.rr.com> wrote:
> I've been looking for a good car in a price I can afford for a couple months
>now. I've got a question for you pros....
>
> I've learned a common spot to find frame rust problems is at the exhaust pass
>throughs. I have seen something there that I don't quite understand and I hope
>I can explain it well enough to get an answer. I believe I read on this list
>that it is normal to find a small lip all around the oval shape frame opening
>that the exhaust passes through. If the lip is gone it indicates a replacement
>or repair. True ?
>
> I have seen pictures of this area on a couple cars that showed something that
>I thought was a repair but maybe I was wrong. I'm not sure what the factory
>original should look like. I've noticed that there appears to be welds holding
>an 8 inch or so piece of frame that has the pass through cut in the midst of
>it. Sometimes it appears to be thicker than the rest of the cross member or
>even a different coloration (maybe holding road grime differently ?)
>
> Is this "thickening" of a cross member at the exhaust through a repair or is
>that the factory ? What really confused me on this as well as my newness was
>the fact that the last pictures I got of a car for sale had the thicker area
>with appearence of welds hidden below the grime, but it also had the small lip
>around the pipe opening. Maybe I've been dismissing a factory correct
>condition as a repair ? Please straighten me out. If my description is not
>clear enough I can try to find a way to show a picture.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
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