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larry harding · 06-22-2020, 05:36 PM

i am helping a friend who is building up a model a- smith gordon air compressor. he has a frame that was under a compressor, but someone had cut the front horns off too short and welded in the cross member. i removed the cross member to be used in another frame he has. the reason it was welded in was only the top front and the out side frame(2 on the left and 1 on the right) rivet holes line up. i held the cross member up to an extra frame i have and all the rivet holes line up. can someone explain what is going on here? i know there are several differences between the 28-29 verses the 30-31's, but i have no idea what year any of the frames are.

06-22-2020, 05:36 PM	#1
larry harding Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: western n.c. Posts: 393	smith-gordon frame question i am helping a friend who is building up a model a- smith gordon air compressor. he has a frame that was under a compressor, but someone had cut the front horns off too short and welded in the cross member. i removed the cross member to be used in another frame he has. the reason it was welded in was only the top front and the out side frame(2 on the left and 1 on the right) rivet holes line up. i held the cross member up to an extra frame i have and all the rivet holes line up. can someone explain what is going on here? i know there are several differences between the 28-29 verses the 30-31's, but i have no idea what year any of the frames are.