After I pulled the radiator in my truck (a 64) I found that part of the unibody behind the grille had been cut away. The vertical cross-member behind the grille and in front of the radiator was attached at the top but just hung free at the bottom. Looks like a strip of the body was cut out between the frame members. Here are a couple of pics.
Here's another picture after I pulled the grille out this afternoon.
Anybody have any idea why someone would do this?
Can anyone post or take and post a picture of what their truck looks like in this area so I can see what it should look like?
I presume the strip should just run across shaped like it is on either side of the cut out.
I'm planning to bend some steel in an L-shape similar to the original profile and weld it in and then reattach that vertical crosspiece. I'm thinking 18 gauge. Any thoughts?