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11-08-2009 05:12 PM #1
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- Car Year, Make, Model: 68 Ply Valiant, 83 El Camino
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Well I finally got around to getting back on the El Camino today and decided to tackle the crossmember.
It’s nothing elaborate but it is functional. I figured I’d do everything on one shot so I set the X pipe and mufflers in place so I could figure out where I needed to put reliefs in.
The crossmember is basically a piece of 2” thick wall pipe with pieces of angle iron welded to the ends to fit inside the frame rails (then drilled and bolted in) and the foot for the transmission mount from a donor crossmember welded to it. The pipe was heated and exhaust reliefs hammered into it. It strong enough to hold the weight of the transmission and me doing pull-ups on it without bending so I figure it will do fine.
Total investment was nice too $0I've NEVER seen a car come from the factory that couldn't be improved..... 
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