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RE: [oletrucks] Camaro clip

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Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Camaro clip
From: "Bill Broadway" <bcubed@vanhalen-irc.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:27:11 -0500
Mine uses the whole subframe, that way I get to use the camaro transmision
crossmember. Also, the camaro fram on mine is higher than the truck frame,
in the end it shoul allow the truck to sit lower while still having lots of
suspension travel.

Bill

> I have subframed my 58 like that except I didn't carry the subframe
> all the way under the truck frame.  I cut mine off about a foot back
> and curled the ends up.  It looks much more finished that way.
> Another thing the article that I patterned mine off of, uses 2x4
> tubing as a cross brass for the radiator support and for the bumper
> brackets.  It looks like that one you show is a little weak in the
> front. I think the tubing again, looks much more finished.  That guy
> must not have measured it real close when he did his. The front
> should have ended up almost at the same height as the old one, in
> relationship to the rest of the frame.  I know mine ended up at the
> same height as the original front was.  It will sit lower when it is
> put on the ground of course.
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