Carnage Plus EP77 - Repairing the Chassis Rail

In this episode we combine the power of Ryobi, Rustoleum and Hare and Forbes to repair the rusted and cracked chassis rail on our wagon.
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[@andrewvassallo3444]

Tripped the power fuse & the wife's straight onto you good 1 Scotty

[@alt7488]

aaarrrggghhh wedded bliss .....

[@Twenty_Six_Hundred]

As a fabricator by trade for the past 20 years i could nick pick however i wont. This is a fit for purpose job and a bloke doing what he needs to get his ride on the road. So from me that's a thumbs up, great stuff Scotty!

[@justanotherguy9664]

Scotty, I am 2mins in and I've gotta say - the camera work and editing on these last two vids are great. Espec love the soundtrack. Well done.

[@tony66au]

If only Scotty could get Kian over to boogie to this in a G string.......

[@HL-hw6qp]

I’m loving the 80’s adult film soundtrack in every ep, really gets me in the mood Scotty 😉

[@aussieausdeutschland4245]

Hahaha

[@kevinbutcher995]

Valiant owners take note this is a very common issue and the full extent of the problem isn't obvious until he steering box is removed. Years ago there was a strengthening plate available check with rare spares.

[@anomamos9095]

You may be able to find the schematic for the plate and cut one out of 3mil sheet . I was going to suggest that anyway.

[@alt7488]

hemi perforance might be another place to try

[@Jake_Hamlin]

Honestly didnt think I would enjoy watching a restoration project this much You're doing a great job Scotty, Keep the videos coming

[@tongoio]

This chassis rail wasn't in too bad nick Scotty! My VE had a tide mark of rust from water sitting trapped in the chassis by the baffle plates at the centre bolt crush tube. I cut out and replaced the rail and baffles right up to the first K frame bolt plate. Those Chrysler engineers worked real hard to create that water trap.. all that was missing was the corner copes to let the water drain. Great show mate

[@dvorcemkrmotorsports8835]

You should of welded a Shifter inside the rail with a note on it "Scotty was here 2020". keep up the good work Mate.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

LOL

[@tony66au]

10 minutes in and im happy to see the sleeve hasn't been used, I have unpicked and removed a few sleeves and they just hide the issue IMO making it worse years later. My Sedan has a sleeve and its just cracked elsewhere, My Ute has been repaired the way Scotty is doing it and its still fine 10 years later and remember these sleeves have been made by a few different people over the years and they are not all equal in quality. As for unpicking the rail and replacing it? Well you need a CM Valiant rail (In the dying days of Chrysler Aust they actually made the rails properly) to replace it and back when Roundies (Later model VH onwards) where just good for charger floorpan sections and chassis rail swaps this wasnt a bad way to do this job as they used to be cheap and unloved but theres not many left and its just not economical to do it this way anymore. You Can buy a rail from the US for an A Body but they need bits welded to them and this defeats the purpose........ Onya Scotty for doing it the right way, Not the easy TAVO way.

[@mayflowerlash11]

"The problem was a little bit bigger than I first thought." If I had a dollar ...

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Yup, always something hiding away in pretty much any car of this era!

[@ohcamsrazor1966]

Good onya Scotty for doing what most of us realistically actually do in the shed .

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I'm trying work out if this is a compliment or not

[@garyeade5184]

I'm fixing up a kombi camper at the moment and every small rust spot usually doubles once you cut it out. Every time I get the chance to squirt some rustolium rust converter in behind panels or rails I blast the compressed air in there and spray the rustolium into the air stream and it spreads it in further than the can can spray and hopefully it will get to spots that I can't see and help to slow the dreaded worm. Keep up the good work.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Good tip

[@Mark-me7qq]

Welds are fine Scotty just remember it's not going in the Easter show. What did you turn on? 🤣

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Yup, I've had professional body shops do far worse jobs than this, I'd happily pay for work like that.

[@edwinbeck456]

This wagon is mint! keep up the good work man, it will be done soon.

[@chrisspeedofficial]

This has become my favourite car channel. Good work mate!

[@axeman6560]

All hail the power file!

[@ryanherbert9167]

Love this build so far

[@kenlangbridge9907]

A bit hard on the Aussie engineers. It did last fifty years. I have been told that the secret of good welding is thick paint. Or any way of hiding the evidence. Great work.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

It's the Fast/Cheap/Good rule in action I guess, you can have 2, not all three, back in the 70's they went for fast and cheap - just like German engineers do nowdays.

[@danmck8965]

Awsome job Scotty👌 this thing would be killa with a modern hemi in it 👌👌👍👍👍

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Agreed

[@DamienAlba]

stop tripping the power Scotty, you'll be in trouble with the Office of War and Finance :)

[@lukeya1983]

Neat repair scotty The wagon is really coming along Thanks for playing music 👍🙂

[@trout4x4]

Stuff em Scotty you did a great job. Looks good and will last ages.

[@chrisobrien9334]

The VE I’m currently doing has a 600mm x 3mm long plate welded to the inner chassis rail. It’s been there for a while and looks like it’s got a hundred years left in it.

[@bobbyoz8251]

Looks good to me Scotty well done. i got a good laugh from the missus giving you a serve!

[@neilperry2224]

Thank you for your response to my suggestion and I hope that you score the rear quarters. Stay safe Scotty, and to your family and colleagues on the magazine as well. And remember, don't speak to the zombies!. Bon chance Mon Ami's

[@handshkr]

Great vid especially time lapsing in edit! Keep up the great work, great project too 👍

[@doogey2001]

Great work Scotty looking good 🏅👌🏼

[@beardbuilds5140]

Bloody great job 👌🏻 , hope you get your hands on the quarters 🤞🏼or another way to fix it ! That sound track thou 😉👌🏻

[@Tony-112]

Nice work Scotty!👍👍

[@kippen64]

Looks better than any weld I could do.

[@Fortnite87463]

Nice work, keen more videos as usual

[@andrewmurray6772]

good job Scotty, looks like new again ! :)

[@nazzcar7]

How goods that little belt grinder 👌

[@ROLXXII]

What did you plug in??? LOL, that was hilarious! Good repair Scott, it will give the car plenty of character which it has so much of already.

[@chrishenkel2194]

nice work.. l enjoy that

[@wesgates5632]

Good solid repair. Keep chipping away at it.

[@davidbarnsley8486]

Sook sook sook There all done Good job Scottie 👍👍😂😂 It’s just an Val looks great

[@paullark7202]

Good work mate I need to do the same on mine.

[@pangaute]

Not sure if it's been mentioned or not so feel free to ignore me😁 but it's not a bad idea to drill a drain hole where you did the repair it took Chrysler up to the CL to work that out. Anyhow I'm really enjoying this build👍

[@STREETCARCULTURE]

Good work mate

[@ziggassedup]

Not too shabby Scotty.

[@michaelteasdale2919]

Good vid Scotty👍

[@LobbyDaLobster]

getting the funk out in these last episodes!

[@alt7488]

bom approved

[@davidwindsor4632]

Looks good scotty. 🧐👍

[@gazzgarage5412]

Good job m8 , wifey on u straight away funny as

[@dazaspc]

A bit of a surprise. I always thought that the inside of the rails around the steering box were also reinforced with crush tubes and the like. But maybe that was only the later stuff. The mig makes it easy though. First time I did one of those I used the OXY . It wasn't forgiving around rust.

[@damienmills293]

This design flaw saw more Valiants scrapped than any other issue. I know as I threw 2 away... The chassis rail did not last 50 years before it cracked. Many failed within 10. The repair required engine out and was expensive and many "repairs" lasted 2 years before the crack reappeared. You may well need to plate further down the chassis as it will crack along the edge of your plate....

[@ilovetosing2011]

Scotty with the rear quarter there’s no better chance to be able to practice hammer and dolly then what you have there especially when you might be getting a replacement . Only one way to learn and that’s to have a go . All the best love the videos

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It's a thought. But I'm not sure I want to invest the time if I'm just replacing it

[@ilovetosing2011]

STREETMACHINETV That’s fair 👍 know the feeling when it comes to work family and projects . Hope you all keep safe and look forward to next videos 😀

[@andywilliams5865]

Going to be a great car, I want it :)

[@flynnnichols4310]

Scotty getting told off by the wife lol 😂

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Standard

[@JRowe95]

I assume at some point you are going to need to make up some brake lines for this beast. Would love to see some detailed content on that process.

[@chunkyascharged]

Built not bought! Love your work Scotty. F@ck the experts!😀👍

[@daveb5016]

Good enough to hold for another 50 years Scotty.

[@pauljohns8215]

Hello down there in Victoria I hope you are keeping safe

[@RyanMiller-ly4li]

Scotty, put a bloody guard on the grinder

[@someyoungguy6990]

Scotty, just go out and pick what you from the magic parts tree behind the shed...lol

[@martingidaszewski7342]

You scared me Scotty. The view from the front of the car, I could only see the manual scissor jack and no jack stand. But once you had the close up view in the engine bay you can see the stand. And your welds are looking good mate, keep up the good work 👌🏼

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I always use jack stands

[@vanderdander8112]

1:45 damn I started to boogie to the music! Niceee

[@bunning63]

The memories... VH, worse than this, gravel drive, oxy acetylene welding torch. Had to replace the internal reinforcement and take off that bottom mounting. Then got carried away and rode into town on my pushbike and got all new ball joints from the Mitsubishi dealer. That was the start of my experience that replacing front suspension items was a fairly regular affair.

[@adamheazlett1179]

Those tyres and wheels are sweet hope you keep them.Or go low with whitewalls but hey it is your car.

[@gossy351]

What a Cee U Next Tuesday of a spot Scotty. Well done on the repair mate. What did you have for lunch?

[@shanehurenkamp50]

Valiant's always suffered from chassis rail cracking where the steering boxes mounted

[@ants3503]

She is going to be sweet mate Looks Awesome 👌

[@andrew5792]

As the saying goes, grinder and paint makes me the welder I 'aint!

[@guypoole3444]

Blue Star spares used to do a specific patch for this repair...

[@Ghettopanda80]

Watch for the content, stay for the music.

[@oceanz4me]

Hey Can I ask what disks you were using to get the paint and big out with, without creating too much heat? Cheers Matt

[@danieladdamo9132]

Haha you got yelled at!

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Standard

[@bluroket]

fingers crossed for no bog on the roof!!

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Yep, here's hoping

[@Sobriquet71]

Good background Music for a quality Ron Jeremy pic maybe??

[@joelfrancis5391]

Please tell me your runnin a 15 amp lead with the ground down pin to plug into 10 amp power point

[@clayjones4105]

oh and scotty hows your son travelling , hope he is doing well

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Just turned 11 yesterday, he's going well. Thanks for asking

[@jasonfletcher8444]

That felt like a trip to the dentist.

[@leonardwalters154]

Good job brother, here in the states the Chevy c/10,k-5,&s-10 'a have the problem of cracking the frame rail where the steering gear box is bolted, I think T.C.I is a manufacturer of a frame reinforcement system, I was wondering if something like that would work for you?

[@alt7488]

it's been a problem here for 30-40 years, there are plenty of repair panels on the market, but due to the rarity of the cars tracking them down nowadays is a bit of a mission, these cars where never that popular to begin with and the fact valiant/Chrysler just went bust in 1983ish didn't help ... if memory serves all the old body molds/presses where left to rot in the old tonlsy park factory and where still there in the late 90's/early 2000's

[@mickellis8747]

A grinder and paint makes me the welder I aint!

[@anthonybollini3699]

Scotty I wish you were just around the corner I could handle give you all kinds of goodies that I have for my A body I had a 68 dart gt

[@STREETMACHINETV]

What have you got?

[@anthonybollini3699]

@@STREETMACHINETV I still get parts the main thing is the guinon to you

[@MrGrozniy95]

Я бы так же сделал ! 👍

[@will7051]

Welcome back to scotty needs to do some excercise....

[@joelwalmsley7217]

Grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't

[@chuckthebong]

Did you guys get your music playlist off the Brazzers website?

[@pallettime]

Can this still be registered in Australia for normal on road use ?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Happens all the time

[@jimclarke1108]

Scotty the builder will fix it ))

[@ibast1]

sounded like gasless AC? and looks like it too.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Gas MIG. I did have wire speed too low at first

[@7071t6]

Just a suggestion Scotty why not paint the bolts, the larger ones with rust proof paint, just the heads and washers at least, that way it will look like new bolts :) I know its so dam frustrating all because of a small minority has stuffed everything up for the rest of melbourne?

[@victorfu5979]

How have you still not got anything done with turbo taxi?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Things have been weird down here, no racing so no real hurry to getting taxi finished

[@glennman5619]

This one was handy for me as I’m just about to do the same thing to my xm sedan Barra project.

[@Doc_in_the_carpet_truck]

Should be youtubing that shit right there !!!!

[@mattroome123]

Scotty how highly do you recommend Ryobi tools ?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Very good value for money

[@danielspencer1973]

Nothing wrong with that repair at all Scotty, should have removed that guard with a shifter but!

[@chrishenkel2194]

would you know anyone that has details of EL ford into 60"s f100?.

[@dinosshed]

Easy as pie mate, loads of room to fit two next to each other in an f150.

[@steveallen1340]

What’s the purple bucket for?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

There's a chimney from an old wood fire. The bucket collects the water

[@mangomcpoo475]

Yeah that's illegal in NSW... home welding up a chassis/boxframe (if it's going on the road aye)

[@shakstar]

Don't we all know that feeling.... The Wife.

[@JTECH7766]

I'd get some cavity wax or body deadener in that rail before all your hard work starts rusting again.

[@trout4x4]

Is that a 185 viper or a different one

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Viper 185

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

Nothing wrong with that patch it will last as long as the car.

[@JesusisJesus]

There’s enough sparks in this episode to set your drink on fire. PS. I said to use RUSTOLEUM before you rebog it.... Remember, product endorsement....

[@TommyTen10]

Words of the week;"chazis rail". Never mind SARS2, you'll probably get black lung from the stuff coming out of the box section!

[@MafiaboysWorld]

I thought I had enough rust fly off Crustida's parts. That wasn't even close to the amount of rust dust that flew out of the chassis rails of the wagon. 😂 Atleast my hand is out of the cast now. Back on the tools in a few days. The road to RockyNats restarts. 😈👍

[@ngarewyrd]

Daggy welding? What daggy welding? I see no daggy welding Certainly not after you treated it right with the grinder and paint

[@slmiano]

@ChrisHallett83 Hahaha Yeah you and most of us on here. I cant weld for shit. Scotty makes it look easy..

[@steveveness3829]

@@slmiano welding is a skill worth having, it just requires practice like anything in life I guess🙂 Personally almost 40yrs practice, LMAO and even I can have a day where I look at a weld and say yeah nah grind that back and start again😉🙂👍👍

[@guypoole3444]

440 six pack 727 and 8 3/4 might have enough Mopar to get you out of Victoria...426 would be good too.....