boxing plates

1929 said:
those are not facts, just opinions
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Is there a message in the fact that most of the opinions point in the same direction? One small light at the end of the tunnel is that when you can't sell the car to a restorer you can sell it to a street rodder. Having the frame boxed will make it easier to install a late model V8 that needs a boxed frame.

Charlie Stephens
 
1929 said:
those are not facts, just opinions
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Sorry, but you're wrong. Facts are facts, and you seem to be choosing to be willfully ignorant, and there is no help for that. You have come to a restoration forum and asked for non-restoration advice, and have been given excellent answers from experienced Model A guys who know what they're talking about. If you didn't want that advice, why did you ask the question? You should take this issue over to the hot rod forum and get the answer you want.
 
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I would like to know what 'dimples' are ....

Are they holes in the boxing plates to allow access to nuts ?
 
rusted said:
I knew he was going to do it!!!!~
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Bob C said:
X2

Bob
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Even the fabrication guy that sells the plates, said it was not necessary and listed all the extra effort needed to bolt things to the frame, but he came here with his mind made up and now he is insulted because he wasted 200 bucks on plates that are not needed and will lower the resale price of his otherwise stock A. He is going to prove us wrong and do it anyway. Any wonder why there are so many 1/2 completed projects out there?
 
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1929 said:
The frame is off, just finished being sand blasted, checked out no bends no cracks, its in great shape ready to be boxed with dimples, nothing wrong with a great total restoration.
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Restoration - the action of returning something to a former condition.

Which Model A ever had a boxed frame?
 
A willfully ignorant person is someone who just chatters to much and cant prove his point, its amazing how some feel so insulted by a simple question of change but cant prove their point by speaking so much nonsense, iam sure this car will end up better then maybe yours by changes such as changing all rusted and rotted sub rails and extension rails, preventing the frame from any damage that has occurred to many before, new shocks, Mitchell overdrive, a rebuilt motor that doesn't leak oil in the garage, new wires, new tires, new brakes etc, relax this is just a simple conversation, not a debate about the President.
 
1929 said:
A willfully ignorant person is someone who just chatters to much and cant prove his point, its amazing how some feel so insulted by a simple question of change but cant prove their point by speaking so much nonsense, iam sure this car will end up better then maybe yours by changes such as changing all rusted and rotted sub rails and extension rails, preventing the frame from any damage that has occurred to many before, new shocks, Mitchell overdrive, a rebuilt motor that doesn't leak oil in the garage, new wires, new tires, new brakes etc, relax this is just a simple conversation, not a debate about the President.
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I think you forgot your original and only question;

"Should I box the frame or don't waste my time and money???"

You received overwhelming response, a 100% response, that you would wasting your time and money.
 
For those that are asking, Dimpled holes are like the ones pictured in my avatar. For the projects that people do want to box the frame (not for everybody), some people like solid plates, some like Drilled (holes only) and some like Dimpled (holes cut and then pressed to give it the indented flare as you see in my avatar). So I have all of them available.

Not trying to continue the hostility, hopefully it can stop, because i dont like it, and it doesn't matter to me if he boxes it or not, its up to him, but i think both sides of the argument may feel like derogatory defense is necessary as they get frustrated to protect their opinions or ideas. If we could just share our opinions and recommendations with a little bit more of a kind and gently heart, without having to jump to an arguing defense mechanism, we would all probably be a little happier and less stressed, and sometimes that works a little better to help the other party see your way and consider it. If something is taken as a personal attack, the other party is probably far less to even consider your option/opinion.

"A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel."


Brian
 
"A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel."

I'm still patiently waiting for the answer I want to hear.:D:p
 
eeyore said:
The winner will be the one with the most points at the end of the game with the most air in the ball.
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Yep,,,,,,
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