Re: [Amc-list] caspers cancer

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

How is it with new floors in it?
Just curious, I know I had a few cars over the years that flexed even thought they weren't rusty.
I can't remember what was waht anymore.
   I know that for a while they thought flexy was not an issue.  Let the body twist and absorb some of the roughness from the roads.

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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! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
> My 68 is before that change was made so the front frame sills only go 
> back under the front seat. That particular change was only made on the 
> American chassis so the other bodies are probably stiffer. Besides being 
> floppy with rotted floors, the car flexed enough to crack the cowl 
> around the right hand wiper pivot.
> 
> Matt
> 
> On 11/15/2008 6:01 PM, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx spouted this sage advice:
> > Really?
> >   I don't doubt you.
> > It just surprises me as I thought your car was only experiencing actual floor 
> panel rust.
> >   Is yours pre "new" floor design? I'm just curious. 
> > I'd always thought that even pre floor change cars would be pretty stable due 
> to the topd of the firewalls design.
> > I mean, there is not much there but the floor, which always has had me 
> thinking there must be more support from above.
> >    I guess I will be more careful in the future if I cut any larger sections 
> of floors out!  
> > 
> > Thanks for the warning!
> > 
> > --
> > 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! "
> > 
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
> >> I had this same problem on my 68 American before the front floors were 
> >> fixed. I had to move the frame sills around slightly when fixing the 
> >> floors to solve the problem. Speaking of the floors, that is probably a 
> >> good place to start. I think I'd do the firewall next and frame sills 
> >> after that.
> >>
> >> Matt
> >>
> >> On 11/14/2008 9:30 AM, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx spouted this sage advice:
> >>> Honestly.
> >>> If your shell is flexing I would walk away from it.
> >>> I would simply start looking for another shell to build on.
> >>> Take time, you will find one. Proabably sooner than you save that one.
> >>> I know it is special, but if the flex has set you will need a frame guy or 
> >> some floorpots etc; to tweak it back to square. then brace and repair the 
> >> structure.
> >>>    
> >>>   Rebody Casper. He's a ghost anyway...His spirit can live on in another 
> >> shell!
> >>
> >>
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> >> Cincinnati, OH
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> >> 1968 Rambler American sedan
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