CMP Value

[Jim Price]

Grant,
My F8' frame has the splices you speak of. When I queried MLU members on this the response was that it was a factory-done job.

Regards,
Jim

PS The pictures were of the frame before it was painted. It looks much better now!

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

I don't remeber seeing any such repairs done on Chevrolet CMPs but I have seen Ford frames with nicely done welds in the frame just to the rear of the cab that look like they might have been done with this process. I have no idea if these Ford frames were factory built (to use smaller presses for the part length frame rails, or to allow one front section and different rear sections for different wheelbases to be joined) or field repaired but they all look to have been done by skilled welders, not some idiot who thinks more filler rod makes a better weld.