shock tower

[Ken]

I am getting my 80 spider ready for new paint, I pulled the motor and was cleaning out the engine bay and found some ripples in the inner fenders at the top of the shock tower. I read in one of the previous posts somone wanted to make a shock tower brace and So Cal Mark said he had seen them come in at the top. I ran sand paper over the ripple to make it stand out but is this what he was talking about?



I also found cracks in the clutch cable stop on the fire wall, also in picture, is this common?

[So Cal Mark]

is the ripple on the right side exactly the same?
I'd make a plate to reinforce the clutch cable guide while the engine is out

[Ken]

The ripple is on both sides but not as bad on the right side. I have fixed the clutch cable end plate, I removed the stop made a plate 3X5 inches and spot welded it around both holes and put the stop plate back on, i was just wondering if this was a common occurance.

[mdrburchette]

The crack in the clutch cable area does seem to be common so when we had my engine out, we reinforced it as well.

[azygoustoyou]

WOW! Your clutch cable was so strong, it pulled up the bottom of your front end. I'd say your firewall held up pretty good.

[Ken]

I know that last reply was a joke but it was bent from the front going down and the towers going forward, I remember exactly how and when it happend but never thought to look there for dammage, I did have to replace the cross member.

[azygoustoyou]

Man I have a few bumps around here I have to avoid. I think the city should pay for the damage. Hopefully it won't cost you much.

[So Cal Mark]

I would think that's from some prior crash

[Ken]

what happend is water under the bridge, it was a ditch the fiberoptics cable co put across the road, they filled it and put gravel in, I know this, someone took the gravel out, two days in a row, the first day I hit it about 30 MPH, what I wanted was to know if this is the dammage you were refering to when you saw the towers comming in at the top?

[So Cal Mark]

I haven't seen visible damage like that except after an accident. The situation I've described is really more of a sagging type damage