Northwoods SC
Registered User
I need some help as I'm way out of my league with this problem. Being a Northern car and having been driven as a daily driver in Michigan for 10 years of it's life, my '92 SC now has a terrible case of frame rot, to the point where one of the subframe brackets has rotted through and detached. I have new brackets, but there just isn't any decent metal left to attach them to the frame. Other than the rockers being totally gone, the front half of the car frame is in much better shape than the rear. A mechanic advised that half of a donor frame could be welded in, but I'm leary of that. What year and type of Thunderbirds (regular or SC) would fit anyway?
Has anyone attempted a repair such as this or ever heard of it being successful? I've got some $$ in the rebuilt engine - it runs great/strong now and the body and interior is in nice shape, just the frame issue. Trying to save my 20 year old baby - had it all this time. Would a car from the South be a better option? How would the costs compare between a weld in frame approach vs. getting a donor car with no frame rust and using my engine and body?
Here are some pics from when it was on the rack. Thanks for any and all advice.
http://webpages.charter.net/northwoodsmusic/
Has anyone attempted a repair such as this or ever heard of it being successful? I've got some $$ in the rebuilt engine - it runs great/strong now and the body and interior is in nice shape, just the frame issue. Trying to save my 20 year old baby - had it all this time. Would a car from the South be a better option? How would the costs compare between a weld in frame approach vs. getting a donor car with no frame rust and using my engine and body?
Here are some pics from when it was on the rack. Thanks for any and all advice.
http://webpages.charter.net/northwoodsmusic/