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I am looking to buy a rolling chassis with small amount frame rot on the pass side. Companies sell the 23'' piece needed to fix it. I know how to weld and fix the problem. My question is he is selling it for $800, is it worth it? The frame under my car is bent pretty good and I believe it has been pulled already. Any input would be helpful
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Since you have the expertise for repairing the frame, it seems like a reasonable price to me. When my car was restored, the frame was so rusty I ended up buying a new frame. That was 5 years ago and including shipping, it was over $4,000.
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I saw lots of rusted frames at Carlisle last weekend and they were asking a whole lot more than that for them. And that was just the frame.
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Sound reasonable if it is indeed repairable. How severe is the rusted section?
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If the rest of the frame is in good shape, and you're absolutely certain it will work under your car, I'd say it's a great deal. Just be sure to have some sort of jig set-up to keep the thing in place/aligned when you cut out the bad section(s). These frames will go all whompy-jawed real fast if they're not held solidly when a piece is amputated. 
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I was also at Carlisle. Turns out I drive 360 miles and I run into the guy selling this frame, and he lives five minutes down the road from my house. I is a small section rotted through on the bottom side pass side below the body mount. I will definitly brace up the surrounding area.
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Boy, did you step in it! Cheap, and local.
Jump on this, even if it requires $1,000.00 in work, it's worth it.
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