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PhoenixFear · 04-23-2015, 10:58 AM

Has anyone installed these to repair their original frames? If so, are they made with the holes drilled to rivet the frame together like original? I'm wondering if I could possibly repair mine myself without the use of a jig. Thanks.

alchemy · 04-23-2015, 12:47 PM

They don't come with any rivet holes.

32phil · 04-24-2015, 09:38 AM

My experience with ASC rails has been limited to 1932 rails and not 1933. I imagine the same holds true for both years. As alchemy stated no rivet holes anywhere. The only holes in the 32 rails were for the body & firewall. No holes on the side except for front & rear bumper brackets. The rails themselves are slightly heavier/thicker than original Ford rails. They are slightly out of shape ....close but not dead on. We used a frame jig to assemble them and they went in with a little wrasslin'. Once the crossmembers were in and with a little heat in a couple of places they held their shape(so far, 3k miles) pretty well. IMHO if not for the ASC rails we would still be dealing with angle iron patches and goober welds.

Krylon32 · 04-24-2015, 10:31 AM

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I've tried a couple of pairs of ASC 33/34 rails boxed by another shop and I had a lot of struggling to get them in shape. The positioning of a few of the holes was questionable. I never heard back from the customers so I assume they worked. Go to a blog called Pews Place and scroll back several weeks and he speaks of his problems working with a set of the ASC 33/34 rails. You might try Tom Bay at R&J Enterprises, [email protected] I saw in his brochure he has stamped 33/34 rails. I don't know if their his own or ASC.

04-23-2015, 10:58 AM	#1
PhoenixFear Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Utica, MI Posts: 361	American Stamping frame rails for 1933 Has anyone installed these to repair their original frames? If so, are they made with the holes drilled to rivet the frame together like original? I'm wondering if I could possibly repair mine myself without the use of a jig. Thanks.

04-23-2015, 12:47 PM	#2
alchemy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: middle of Iowa Posts: 647	Re: American Stamping frame rails for 1933 They don't come with any rivet holes.

04-24-2015, 09:38 AM	#3
32phil Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Montgomery, NY & Port St. Lucie Florida Posts: 936	Re: American Stamping frame rails for 1933 My experience with ASC rails has been limited to 1932 rails and not 1933. I imagine the same holds true for both years. As alchemy stated no rivet holes anywhere. The only holes in the 32 rails were for the body & firewall. No holes on the side except for front & rear bumper brackets. The rails themselves are slightly heavier/thicker than original Ford rails. They are slightly out of shape ....close but not dead on. We used a frame jig to assemble them and they went in with a little wrasslin'. Once the crossmembers were in and with a little heat in a couple of places they held their shape(so far, 3k miles) pretty well. IMHO if not for the ASC rails we would still be dealing with angle iron patches and goober welds. __________________ Early Ford Lock & Key Service http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46583

04-24-2015, 10:31 AM	#4
Krylon32 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 4,482	Re: American Stamping frame rails for 1933 Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I've tried a couple of pairs of ASC 33/34 rails boxed by another shop and I had a lot of struggling to get them in shape. The positioning of a few of the holes was questionable. I never heard back from the customers so I assume they worked. Go to a blog called Pews Place and scroll back several weeks and he speaks of his problems working with a set of the ASC 33/34 rails. You might try Tom Bay at R&J Enterprises, [email protected] I saw in his brochure he has stamped 33/34 rails. I don't know if their his own or ASC. Last edited by Krylon32; 04-24-2015 at 10:52 AM.