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    1. #1
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      Nov 2009
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      Garage chassis straightening

      After a little measuring, I have realized that my chassis is tweaked. The right front corner corner is up about 1/8 inch and I really would prefer to fix it now before I go any further. As it sits now, the car is just resting on jack stands in the garage. My idea is to be able to straighten out the chassis without moving it.

      Im thinking that I can just drill a few mounts and eye bolts into the concrete floor and use some turn buckles to to secure the 3 straight corners then tighten down the one bad corner until it matches the rest. I know that this idea will not get it perfect but it will at least let me get the car rolling to be taken to a proper chassis table

      Any thought here or maybe a better idea to do it? The car is a bare shell rite now and cannot even hold front tires at the moment. I can't/don't want to get the car out of the garage so how ever I fix it, I want to do it myself in the garage. I also have some pretty strong pneumatic rams that can assist me if they mite come in handy

      Steve
      1968 Dodge Charger All Wheel Drive project Red Bull<script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/5cce6da5/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/85dc54c0/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/85dc54c0/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script>





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