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PersonNobby666
06/8/2017 at 7:54pm
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Hi all. Just about to buy a 1970's sprite. All dry inside and Chasis seems sound but the a-frame has had it. Would it make a good project and is it expensive to get the a frame rebuilt.
Thanks. 


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Depends how far back they have to go to get good solid metal to weld to.

With rust the bit you see is often a fraction of what actually needs replacing.

I had someone ask me to weld the floor in their car, a small hole they said. Wire brushed the floor and most of it fell out.

You could have passed a small child through the hole after wire brushing. And some of that was too thin to weld to.


PersonNobby666
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Hi. Ive had a good look underneath. The van has been stood for 20 years outside. The a frame ls corroded up the to point it goes underneath the body. The chasis is sat on top of the a frame.
Cheers.


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This is before chassis were galvanised. You need to be careful here because caravan needs to be safe to tow. To do a good job it sounds as if you would have to remove body from chassis. Anything else would be an amateur bodge that might not be safe. A professional welder would be charging £60/hr or more & this job would take a few hrs unless you removed body yourself & prepared everything for welding.

Unless your are prepared to go for it whatever it takes the caravan is probably not worth the cost of the restoration.


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Thanks. It will be getting stripped out. The floor is insulated so when removed could find a horror story but I like a challenge or maybe I'm just mad. Surprisingly the interior is bone dry and the floor is solid so fingers crossed.



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