66 427 Vette on BAT

[1967 4K]

Does anyone make replacement frames and/or frame sections for the early Vettes?

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by 60sStuff

Park it in a pool of Evapo-Rust. JK.

Darn shame as it used to be beautiful ‘66 Vette decades ago.

Lift the body with interior intact and make it a wall art.

Better have the body suspended to hold it up when the frame dissolves to sediment.
There are frames around, the one in the above link has 4 days left in the auction and is only at $2,500. The cost and time to bring that car back from that level of rust would cost more than it would be worth with the replacement frame, plus, wouldn't it need a "birdcage" too and how much to get the engine repaired ? Could be a boat anchor....

[SuperNovaSS]

The seller, who is a member here and well regarded in the hobby says the birdcage is ok. I may be the minority but this looks like a great chance to get into a documented big block roadster at a great price. Most restos go full Monty on the frame anyway. Find a chassis from a resto mod and move on. Is a reframe regarded the same as a rebody? I’m ignorant about this.

I think someone will get a good car here…

Jason

[luzl78]

Do you think Charlie Snyder’s k-motion corvette is worth any less because Joel Rosen had to change the frame cause it was bent. I understand a motion corvette is an entirely different animal compared to a rusty framed big block corvette that has to be restored but I think you are right on that this is a good buy if is bought low.