A previous owner welded the frame mounts instead of bolting them! I'm looking for a shop that can cut them out so I can bolt in new ones. How do you think they will do this - cut or torch?

Get out the face shield and the grinder. You don't want to use a tourch to cut them out. If you grind carefully you should be able to remove them and not be able to tell the difference. With a 4" grinder and a die grinder (with a cutoff wheel) it shouldn't be all that hard to remove them. In the worse case you could cut them as close as possible and then grind the rest flush. Things like that make you wonder why some people even work on cars. I'm sure there are other ways but this is the approach I would take.

Royce

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70 Camaro 383ci
69 Camaro 385ci
91 Camaro RS V8 (305 TBI)
Link to my 70

http://profiles.yahoo.com/camaroman7d

I ran solid mounts and my frame mount bolts would keep vibrating loose!
Nylock nuts would not do the job, I had to double nut the bolts to make them stay in.

I'd do the grinder method.
David

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67 RS 327
69 Camaro Vintage Racer
65 Lola T-70 Chev 350 Can-Am Vintage Racer

davidpozzi- when you have a problem like that you might want to try and use a castlated nut or drill a hole through the nut and bolt a put a wire through it.

Lee

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1967 ZZ502 Camaro <A HREF="http://www.1967camaro.net
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Had the same problem on my '69 when I swapped the small block mounts for big block mounts. I did the grinder method and it worked fine...just be sure and wear goggles to protect your eyes.

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'69 Restification

The castle nuts are a good idea. I didn't want to try that as I was working with the engine on the car and it was pretty hard to get a hand up in there.
I'll probably do the castle nuts now that it's apart.
The left side is the main one to give trouble.
David

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Check my web page for First Gen Camaro suspension info:
David's Motorsports page (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/David_Pozzi/)
First Gen Suspension Page (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/David_Pozzi/first_gen_suspension.htm)
67 RS 327
69 Camaro Vintage Racer
65 Lola T-70 Chev 350 Can-Am Vintage Racer

I Just used a little thread lock and a lock washer and have had no problems with my solid mounted spacers.