ever had this happen

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  1. monster 302

    monster 302 Member

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    this is what my sturt tower did while i was going down the road almost lost the car.
     

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    wow, ive never seen anything like that. ive seen them rust away from the frame rail but never tear like that
     
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    that is why the later year cars had an additional brace welded in for the v/8 70 never came with a v/8 and when the factory started putting them in they were doing that often so the added the brace on the inside of the tower
     
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  4. M.A.V.

    M.A.V. Yep,my real initials.

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    My 72 Grabber doesn`t have the extra brace.

    I`ve Never seen One do that before.
     
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    the 70 was a falcon floor with maverick skin after 71 they change some of the shock tower but were still having problems
     
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    :eek: Damn, dude!
     
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    PAINTANK Cometosis Obsessivus

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    Lord have mercy that sucks man!

    MII time!
     
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    Wow:yikes: Never saw that either.:hmmm:
     
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    Was it hacked up to grease the upper control arm ??
     
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    Both my 73s have the reinforcement.
     
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  11. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Holy CRAP!!
     
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    did you hit a pothole?
     
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    Mavman72 Gone backwards but lookin' forward

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    Did you have the export braces in place(tower braces)??? Thats a pretty gnarly failure.Glad you didnt loose the car and get hurt.:whew:
     
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    Never seen that happen, nor heard of it happening. The only difference in the '70 was the smaller trans tunnel and no supports for bucket seats (and of course drop in gas tank). The rest of the floor pan and shock towers were the same. The extra support you see on some 73's does not reinforce the area shown here at all.
     
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  15. Mad Goon

    Mad Goon Scaring the Hondas

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    WOW If that's from rust I'm lucky my car was extremely greasy when I cleaned up down below, all that old oil and dirt acted as a rust inhibitor ;)
     
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