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1971 Olds "S71" Chassis Boxing & Paint

The V8TV crew has been making improvements to the S71's chassis, namely adding reinforcing steel in areas where the original frame was "C" shaped to completely "box" the design. This will help the chassis resist flexing and improve overall handling and traction. One design modification was the need to re-engineer the transmission crossmember, as it no longer will use the original mount holes because their access was closed off with the reinforcements. Once the chassis was welded solid and ground clean, it was treated to a single stage enamel paint coat in a satin-black factory appearing sheen.

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2"Implement paint?"
at Tuesday, 06 January 2009 22:59by Patrick

I sand blasted my frame and then primered it with some rust proofing primer. I then used farm implement oil based paint with additional hardner. It turned out really well and the top coat looks great.

1"Gadfly"
at Monday, 31 March 2008 21:57by BillJetter

Shouldn't you weld shut all non-necessary holes in the frame? Keeps the water out, don't it?

Just wondering.

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