John Bedore
Well-Known Member
That my friend is a portrait of lovelyness. Will you come over and do my Duster? I live in Springfield Ma.
Great job. However, I was not impressed with their core stiffener. IMO, it is just tacked to the original support and doesn't really tie the front frame rails together any more than the original. I think to work properly, the original core support should be removed and the USCT should have longer tabs that can be welded to the frame rail, and not just to the oem support. I also didn't like the gap between the original, and the USCT......Seems like a lot of road crap would end up in there......I worked mine to get rid of the gap, but still wishing I went another route stiffening that area.Thanks everyone for all of the info and picture! On my dad's 68 Coronet we used the square tubing style so it was little different and that was year ago. I have the full core support and the inner fender braces and boxed shock towers as I'm going to be running coilovers in the front instead of torsion bars. Car is sitting on the wheels now and has no interior, or fuel system, so I should be good there. Here are a few pics of where I am at to this point.
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I worked mine to get rid of the gap, but still wishing I went another route stiffening that area.
That's a nice set up for sure. I should have went that route.We went with a full Replacement Core Support from USCT like @AndyF above
It's adjustable but ours is completely welded like Andy's. Adds some weight (It's thicker) but weight is not that much of a concern in our build. "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" Adds a little more clearance between the engine and core support compared to the stock core support too which is nice.
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Very nice sir!Yeah the USCT core support allowed me to put a 26 inch radiator in the Duster and use a factory shroud and factory 7 blade clutch fan. I punched the big holes in my core support to reduce weight and to provide air flow for the battery as well as a place for wires to run.