datsunlover Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Well, I went to one of my local yards today, where I used to work a few years ago. Havn't seen the guys in a few months, so I brought coffee's and said hello. Got to talking about my Z, welding a frame in, ect and my old boss said "Heck.. have a look over there in that pile.. I think theres some tube steel.." so I go look. Wow.. gold mine! Old racks/conveyer system from a factory shop or something. TONES of it, all in a pile! Dug around and found a few 5" and smaller sections. Looks brand new to me.. he said they were short ends from somewhere. There isn't even any rust on them yet! So I asked him "How much for a few pieces?" He just patted me on the shoulder and told me to take what I needed. Merry Christmass to me!! heh heh.. Looks like about .125 wall, 2.5" square. The two longest pieces are the perfect length to go from inside the t/c mount to the rear floor/rail end. Got a few smaller chunks to do a 45* up to the rear frame. (I'll measure and then cut/weld them up at work) Looks like I can cut the lower piece off the factory rails and slide the tube right in, then weld it to the tube after its attachet to the cars f+r frame sections. Im thinking that will look close to stock (good for safety inspection), and not loose me ground clearance. (good for exhast, ect) I will also have a good solid place to mount a trany crosmember when/if I do an engine swap. (a 5.0L 302 is calling me.. cheep cheep.. although I still like the idea of a Jag I6) .. now I just have to build some sort of stand's to get the car high enough to crawl under and weld.. oh yah.. and buy my own welder! Have to see what happens in the new year... wow.. that got a little long.. sorry guys, Im just a little excited today Just wanted to spread the good mood around. Merry Ho Ho evryone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwink25 Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Good deal! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigWhyteDude Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Free is always nice isnt it Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zsane Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 I love my local WY too, I got this 87' LSD with axles today for $140.00 3:70 ratio, and they got two Q45 R230 LSD's down there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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