1982 Frame Off Restoration

[Andrew]

One thing that didn't make sense to me is that the pull straps were on the door handles. Wouldn't that mean it is a 1981?

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Perhaps the door panels were swapped out at one point. Both of my 81s now have the later style integrated pull straps. I like the look better, I also think the early style pull straps cause wear on the grab handles and the later pull location causes the door to latch better / more evenly from front to rear.

[Andrew]

Andrew, it looks like it was in an accident or at some point over the years someone hit it with a snowplow or something.Attachment 67340Attachment 67341

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Perhaps you can graft your existing shock tower to the new frame.

There’s a lot of stuff you can get done during a frame swap ie hard fuel / brake / vacuum lines and easy access to AC hoses Check out Rich_NYS’s build page for details regarding his frame off restoration.

[SupercoolBill]

Perhaps you can graft your existing shock tower to the new frame.

There’s a lot of stuff you can get done during a frame swap ie hard fuel / brake / vacuum lines and easy access to AC hoses Check out Rich_NYS’s build page for details regarding his frame off restoration.

Thanks for the info. Yeah it will be getting all new brake lines, fuel lines, etc.
I was going to go SS but have changed my mind and decided to go original which costs less also.

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[SupercoolBill]

So the longer I look at this frame the more damage I see. All repairable though.20211114_142131.jpg20211114_142123.jpg20211114_140009.jpg

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[SupercoolBill]

Is this factory?20211114_141934.jpg20211114_141745.jpg

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[82DMC12]

Not factory, looks like someone did kind of a lame repair right there

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[SupercoolBill]

It seems interesting though that it looks like a manufactured part. If someone was just doing a repair then why would they go to all the trouble of making it shaped in a special way? And those rivets? I've never seen someone use those rivet before but yet they are used to attach the ball joints to the A arms.

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[82DMC12]

It seems interesting though that it looks like a manufactured part. If someone was just doing a repair then why would they go to all the trouble of making it shaped in a special way? And those rivets? I've never seen someone use those rivet before but yet they are used to attach the ball joints to the A arms.

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Is this anomaly on both sides or just one side? I can't explain why someone would use those rivet nuts but maybe something happened where the lower link came in contact with the frame and damaged it. And for some reason they chose this as the repair method.

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[SupercoolBill]

Both sides are exactly the same.

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[82DMC12]

Both sides are exactly the same.

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Well here is another OEM frame and in picture 12 you can see the same location (sideways) and it definitely doesn't have the rivets.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/362948887080

It's a common location for damage. maybe a dumb-dumb put jackstands there.

Very curious about the rivet style though. It almost seems like something the factory did..
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