Opinions on Duster Front Clip/Frame R&R

dusterbd13 said
if it were me, and i was doing this with a couple of complete cars at my disposal, what i would do is drill out all the spoit welds fro the front inner fenders, frame rails, and t-bar corssmember.
measure about 4,963 times before removing the front clip from the wrecked car (340 car). transfer marks to garage floor for reference points, make reference marks on the car.
drill out the spots on the donor in the same way. line up to the reference marks on the 340 car, weld. prime. sell.

I agree 100%. After you strip out the blue car measure everything to get your reference points, then drill the spot wells out and remove the entire front clip in one piece. This makes it very easy to put in the other car correctly. You just have to make sure it is square and 'level' (nose not too high or low) and start welding. If your 340 car doesn't have the firewall or floor tweeked I'll bet the new clip will go back almost exactly where the original one was located.
I did a late model vehicle this way not long ago and everything went back together perfectly. I reused the original suspension and the alignment tech said the alignment was barely off.
A pro welder will probably do a better job than the factory and you will be able to sell the car to anyone and have a clear consience.
Dallas