madkaw

Derk, check your pm

yes it did actually cause me to do some welding. but as you see, my damage was worse then yours. I still think that to fix yours right you will have to can-opener your floor like i did to get a flat piece of metal on it. I used 1/4" steel bar and had to hit hard and a lot to starighten her out. But you can't tell there is any damage at all now. You should see what i did to my frame rail in the engine compartment. Yes, my car was hit in the front end at one time but that damage you see was probably from a curb or jack

i just had this same dilemma and decided to fix it . My rails are rust free and I am doing a complete resto. I thought this won't be much work.:stupid: Actually it wasn't that bad. i cut a hole in the floor to access the frame and beat the frame back out. And it took some pretty good shots to get the dent out. You won't get it done by drilling holes and using a punch. You need a 3lb hammer and a big flat dolly for it to come out right. So you have to cut a big enough hole for the dolly to fit in. I am a perfectionist which usely cost me time and money, but to each is own.

Derk, can you be more speific as what your wanting done? Are you looking to do a complete resto or just some minor work? Is the car running but needs to be tuned up. How much body work? I would be interested but I don't want to offer my help if i would be over my head as far as time.

When I get the exhaust completely done ,I would put down a complete list of pipe bends i used. I ordered everything from Stahl Headers , there prices are reasonable and there were friendly to deal with. The pipe is 18 guage which was fine for me to keep weight down . And I was hoping to use this set-up as a templete for maybe a SS version later. The cost was atleast double++ for SS and I would have been pissed screwing up a 40$ piece of SS pipe.