I also think that the Valley is a long way from Irvine. Cant you find a frame shop locally, one that wil tow the frame for you? Just a thought.
I feel like a complete ******* for not checking this thread earlier. Clone a good % of frame/chasis places died out in the early 90's with unibody cars. They is still a few around but they are either A)Very undermanned and it will take 6 months to do the work or B)Very poor quality work. I know when I went looking for a frame shop to repair my 1st frame after it buckled on me in 2002. I looked for close to 3 months, then after finding one they did such poor quality on the frame I actually lost a full inch of metal going over a dip at 20 mph. This was due to them trying to strech the frame back into the right angle and heating the metal to much to weaken it to become like plastic. Thus I needed to completely do a frame off resto with a entirely new frame. I got lucky and found the one I did who did a superb job on the frame off replacement of another frame I found for my Chevelle. However to find this other one took nearly 3 weeks of google searching, calling car buddies etc. There is a few others out in cali most I know are either out in Woodland Hills, or Hollywood. I am sure if needed I can keep searching, if you would like me to find one closer to you Matt.
also to answer a question I saw in the beginning of this thread
If I remember correctly, they were built on a Impala chassis, which is very similar to the Caprice. However I think it was a earlier model.
Jason Impala and Caprice have the same chassis. They are the exact same car, just different emblems,grilles and options(Motor,Tranmission, brakes etc). Model know as B Bodies(Chevelles/Malibus/Lagunas were A Body and Camaros were F Body till 2002). As far as I know the Chevrolet Bel Air/Impala//Biscayne/Caprice were the same back from 58 to when ever they stopped making the Bel Air and the Biscayne in 75. All 4 were B Bodies. However they kept the Impala and Caprice the same till current. This is something GM is famous for good example Chevy Camaro and Pontiac Firebird both F bodies, and again same body just different emblems, grille and options(Motor, transmission etc)
To have fun with another question I found
Woah woah woah... back up the Mattmobile...
It's possible to go 120 MPH on the 405?
Luck, man!
T
Yes it is entirely possible depending on the time of the day/night. I was doing 160+ on it about a week ago at 9:30 pmish. I might of been going 165-170 not sure the speedo in my parents 2006 E350 tops off at 160 and it was fluttering there for a good 10+ seconds! I also have had my Chevelle at 120+ on the 405 a few months ago. Again not sure how much faster then 120 I was going as the speedo for it tops at 120, and I was doing that speed for a good 5-10 minutes, and the speedo was fluttering past it the whole time. In that instance I assume my speed to only be 135-140, as I have only been clocked by a CHP at 137, and with 6500+ LBS it would be hard to get above 140 even with 450+ horses.
I thought that you had to wait for the body before the stretch to make sure it fitted ?
