RE: [DML] RUSTED FRAMES

["Jason Sisto" <wizard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

With all this talk about replacing / swapping frames, can anyone (with experience) tell us how difficult and time consuming it is?  Day, weekend, week, month job?  One, two, three, four man job?  Lift or no lift required?
 
Thanks
 
JAS

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: David Teitelbaum [mailto:jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
	Sent: Tue 1/18/2005 7:55 PM 
	To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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	Subject: Re: [DML] RUSTED FRAMES
	
	




	The extent of what can be repaired is limited by your wallet and the
	competance of the welder. If the frame is bad enough then it may be a
	matter of economics that it should be replaced. The frame is only made
	of sheet metal and the right guy could build a whole new one if he had
	to! You just may not be willing to spend for it. Generally with rust
	what you see is only the "tip of the iceburg" so to speak. When you
	actually get into the repair you will be replacing a lot more than
	what is obvious when you start. The frame on a Delorean is VERY stiff.
	If you see it flexing then the car is no longer driveable. In fact,
	you need to be extra careful towing it. If the tow truck operator
	pulls the wrong way he will rip the front right off. Ditto for
	securing it to the truck, you cannot use the loops on the front, you
	will pull the front of the frame right off. You might want to pass on
	this one unless you get it cheap enough to replace (or repair) the
	frame. BTW if the frame is this bad expect a lot of other problems.
	Serious frame rust generally means the car sat for a long time on
	unpaved ground.
	David Teitelbaum
	vin 10757
	
	
	--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Josh Haldeman <jhaldeman@xxxx> wrote:
	>
	> Ugh...bad news man!  I helped a guy named Mike Luckey replace his
	rusted
	> frame with a new one recently because he had what sounds like very
	>
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
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