1969 rear frame looop

[Daniel P. McEntee]

Your idea of turning upside down on a metal table isn't too far off from working. If you can find a thick metal plat that you can lay on top of the frame loop, carefully clamp it in place very securely, then apply pressure in the direction you want to go with another clamp. Apply heat with a large welding torch tip right where you want it to bend. The real trick to heating is to keep the torch moving a bit. As the metal starts to get red, apply more pressure and you'll feel it move. Work slowly and don't over heat the metal, keep the torch moving and in the dull red area. Just follow what you see and what your instincts tell you. It's not as hard as some might thing. if you don't get the metal too hot, you won't change the grain structure, or oxidize things. It's not hardened steel or it wouldn't have bent, it would have broke! And it's not chrome moly tubing either in the steel tankers. Still, slow and steady is the way to approach it and you will be pleased with the results.
  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

[cbridgewater]

Thanks guys! When I get around to doing it I'll post pictures of the results.