poor man subframe connecters duster/demon

evil 340 said

thanks. yours look nice too. i cut mine down in the back all the way so i wouldn t have to cut the floor pans at all. then put a flange on them so i could weld them to the floor. probably not as strong in the back as yours but they re thick walled. i can t remember for sure but i think they re 1/8" thick walls. can t beat nice homemade parts. lol

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The us car tool ones are 1/8" and are cut to go against the floor, they follow the contour all the way forward, similar to yours. However you did something extra, adding the flat strap to box yours in. Theirs are open at the top. Id say yours are plenty strong, prob stronger than the us car tool ones because you boxed em in, and put them inside the rear framerail pretty far back. The car tool ones dont go that far back.

It takes a lot of force to twist 1/8" steel tube, plus yours are tied into the floorpan almost all the way forward. If anything i "tim taylored" mine and kinda over did it LOL. I really love the factory look yours have. Add some evenly spaced 3/4" drain holes on the bottom and the average joe could never tell the difference.

I love the factory appearance, great for the resto you are doing. My car started out pretty much a total mess. The project morphs weekly, as funds and tastes change. It will be autocross capable, that has not changed. But colors, wheels, and other ideas do quite a bit. Mine will be more modified hot rod, than restoration.

Matt