Straightened a chassis yesterday

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To make a long story short, I had an off topic drive shaft straightened by on older gentleman that had been in the drive shaft business for over thirty years. I watched him as he applied heat to the drive shaft and you could actually see the metal move into the correct position. The metal never got red but when he cooled it with water it did create a lot of steam. I've been driving the vehicle for 3 years and the drive shaft is still perfect to this day.

Now, on to my 28 Model A frame. It was sagging 3/16" of an inch in the usual areas at the cowl. I remember reading a post from Brent a couple of years ago with the same pictures he has used on this thread. I heated my frame in the area of the sagging just enough to make water steam and the frame started straightening itself out. A couple of applications of heat and cool down cycles and the frame was perfect.

The frame is being boxed for an off topic hot rod but none the less it will work for a restoration. This saves time and money spent for chains, wooden blocks etc. Face it guys, most model A's are not driven that often and when driven they are driven on smooth asphalt covered roads and not dirt roads. The modern day stress on a restored Model A is far less then back in the 20's and 30's.

So lets just fix our frames and not over think the situation... Just my 2 cents.