Here’s what’s supposed to be inside the rail.
The rail channel is u-shaped with the top open. The strut tower tucks down into the rail and is secured to the rail with a few spot welds as you can see.
The bottom plate holes the bolt tubes and is spot welded in a couple places to the bottom of the frame rail chNnel.
On the sides of the strut tower at the bottom are two 90 degree braces. One side spot welded to the strut tower And the other to the bottom plate.
The top plate on the other side gets spot welded to the strut tower edges, backside, and the frame rail lip (you can see 4 spot welds in the the pic)
It’s quite busy in there, and winter sand builds up in there holding moisture and rotting it all out. I’ve seen so much worse actually out driving on the road still
This is a running driving car (94 cobra) that is for sale locally. Not much holding it together here
The rail channel is u-shaped with the top open. The strut tower tucks down into the rail and is secured to the rail with a few spot welds as you can see.
The bottom plate holes the bolt tubes and is spot welded in a couple places to the bottom of the frame rail chNnel.
On the sides of the strut tower at the bottom are two 90 degree braces. One side spot welded to the strut tower And the other to the bottom plate.
The top plate on the other side gets spot welded to the strut tower edges, backside, and the frame rail lip (you can see 4 spot welds in the the pic)
It’s quite busy in there, and winter sand builds up in there holding moisture and rotting it all out. I’ve seen so much worse actually out driving on the road still
This is a running driving car (94 cobra) that is for sale locally. Not much holding it together here
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