Re: [Amc-list] wwyd???

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You SHOULD be ok.
There looks to be half the rail area left yet.
I'd cut about a half inch above the rust in the rail, both sides front and back then remove the section to look inside.
That will be the key as to how much you need to replace.
  If it is really solid and that is as straight as it looks. I'd clean the remaining sides and have a cap bend up to slide up over rail. Use weld through primer on the inside of the new rail outside of the old and weld the new to the old along the top and through some holes drilled thtrough the sides to allow spot welds.

Then I'd holesaw through the floor and paint and undercoat the inside of those rails as best I could.

The other cancer looks like floor board rot.
Cut, clean replace, seal.

Use same gauge metals etc;

Yes you can cut the parts from the 4dr and do butt welds and finish them to make the whole repair invisible.

As for bracing.
If you don't have to cut much more than halfway I'd support the car either on 12" concrete blocks with 2X12" lumber capping the top. Hole vertical, facing up so the cores can't collapse sitting on it's tires.
Or jackstands under rear suspenion and at the front behind the bumper if they will fit there.
You want the structure to be supported close to how it sits on it's wheels. If the car is not twisting and doors open and close it should stay that way! Unless you really hack out a lot of metal! Do one area at a time. Donot cut it all out at once will help things stay as theyr are.

  Bracing can be done if truly needed diagonally across the door openings etc.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

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From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
> ok, got casper in the garage tonight. got up on jackstands. the plan was to tear 
> the front clip apart, clean all the rust up, and get all the wiring up there 
> done. well, that project just got HUGE i think.... crawled under, and got a 
> little mortified... got bad rust in the "frame" rails. well, the left one for 
> sure. saw some rust around it pretty bad on the left side under the floor board 
> where it turns to tie into the front clip. scraped a little of the undercoating 
> off on the inside of the rail. and i have holes rusted thru it. uploading pics 
> at the moment to my picasaweb link below. someone please let me know how you 
> would go about fixing this. i cant beleive its not tiwsted or anything yet. im 
> not sure how to brace the chassis so it dont flex when i cut that all out to 
> replace it. how hard would it be if i got this other 4 door classic (both 62's, 
> mines just 2 door, the other is 4 door) cut the frame rail out of the 4 door, to 
> splice into casper??? 
> 
> dave stohler
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> http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
> 
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