Chassis

There was a lot of surface rust on the frame but it seemed accident free and there didn't seem to be any serious rust damage. The suspension was very tired and I had planned on doing suspension work during the winter 99/00. Late summer -99 I discovered that the chassis rail end plates were hiding small rust holes. They probably could have been fixed with body on frame but I decided that separating the body from frame would be the only way to restore the frame properly. At the time I had two separate small garages so I thought about doing it myself. However the landlord of the other garage decided to raise the rent 50 %... I chose to let that space go and pay someone else to do the chassis repairs.