Once the crossmember was boxed I noticed that I did not like the thinned portion of the crossmember right above the frame interface. If the crossmember was installed at the intended position (prior to me notching it additionally) then the thinner portion would have dropped of as the frame kicked it but now since it stood proud of the frame, it looked too thin.
I had some square tubing that I was able to fab some gussets to reinforce this area. I stripped the finish in this area and welded those in to beef up this local area.
I also noticed that with the crossmember relocated the sway bar was pointing up a bit more than what I wanted. To correct this I notched the front of the frame and relocated the sway bar mount upwards approx 2” to better level the sway bar.
When I eventually have the frame sandblasted I will go back and reweld a few areas that were hard to get to and clean up everything but this will hold for now.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
