Hey guy, frame opinion...

I was grappling with all the same questions as you. What do I do about my rusted frame. Frame caps from Auto Rust technicians is about $500 US plus shipping, taxes and exchange rate (I'm in Canada). Only problem too expensive. Next option is to have my Dad plasma cut the frame rails and fabricate them from scrach. He told me that if I can get him the measurements he can do them. He has 30 years of welding and fabricating experience. Problem with this is getting the templates right and you also have to weld in nuts for the K frame as well as for the bumper mounting. Too much trouble even for an experienced guy in my opinion. The third option is to get a donor car. Problem with this is they are hard to find. Then the Gods smiled on me yesterday! :angel9: I was going to have a look at a 68 Valiant to use the front subframe section, when I called a guy that I spoke to earlier in the week about the two 65 cudas they were parting out. He told me that the 68 sub frame won't fit but they are in the process of taking the two 65 barracudas apart and if I wanted anything come and get it quick. I went to see the cars and they had one down to a shell with the back window still in it. I bought the whole car for $400 with a good K member with the small 4piston caliper disc brake set up, as well as the frame rails in excellent shape and other bits and pieces. The car is getting delivered to my house today. (Now I must be a real mopar nut since I'm starting to collect parts I don't even need yet--ie the back window! But hey most guys that have a glassback cuda end up with a spare window, right?)
I'm going to take the front sub frame out and transplant it into my 65. It will be the cheapest and easyest way of doing it. I thought that a donor car would be impossible to find, and these guys found two in a field near here and they bought them for parts because they are building a 65 barracuda race car with a big block under the hood.