It’s sad that there are people in this world that would do this kind of work and take money for it without blinking an eye. You’re a good man for making this right.

I hope they take all the evidence you've provided and sue the crap out  of who ever built this monstrosity. Looking forward to see what you do with it!

A friend and I built a few hot rods and we always made sure everything was fully welded at the correct heat setting for whatever thickness of metal. We also checked measurements and straightness every step of the way. Later on my friend was actually doing work for a 4WD store and occasionally I helped him with roll bar and body modifications. The guy who built that chassis should be named and shamed.

My jaw hit the floor when you said a premade frame at $16k+ install would’ve been a better deal than the owner paid for this. That’s absolutely nuts. I feel so bad for the owner. Thanks for being picky and doing a good job!!

I've made immaculate jobs on clients vehicles and still felt like they were under par. And then I witness something like this and suddenly all is well haha

I'm a production welder. I can safely say I was nervous that yall even stood underneath it as I guarantee that the wimpy welds were cracked af. I'd be nervous as hell with just the suspended weight on the lift

That’s a piece of shit ! Definitely he/they need to be prosecuted 👍
I’ve personally installed over 50 mustang 2 front suspension, back in the late 70’s and mid 80’s. So I personally know exactly what you are talking about. I’ve built, and owned many street Rods.
You’re a stand up guy to take on the big job of correcting that disaster!!!

I’ve been doing alignment and suspension work for over 40 years. Collision and frame work, custom fabrication as well. Believe me, I’ve seen some really scary stuff. When you’re going 70mph down a 2 lane highway chances are, you WILL pass a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction that has issues like this truck, including newer salvage titled vehicles that have been scabbed back together and flipped for profit with total disregard for safety. I have refused to work on vehicles after being asked to “just do the best you can with it” when they are unsafe for serious liability reasons. Then I see them on the road, knowing that safety issues were never corrected. I always tell customers and friends to please let me check out any vehicle before they buy it. I’ve seen rusted out unibodies filled with newspaper and bondo and sculpted into shape, covered with undercoating! You were very gracious in your critique.

That’s always a problem finding honest people. I don’t know if I have ever seen anything that bad. Look forward to seeing your team get it back right and  and making a safe hot rod for your customer and everyone driving on our streets.

I'm a self taught welder. My freshman year in high school I had never welded before. I chose intro to welding and finished all the welding requirements in the first 2 weeks. I loved it and I'm pretty good at it. I'm 50 now, and even in high school, I could weld better than that. I also take pride in my work and would never put a weld like that on anything and leave it. I also will not ever half ass any kind of work. I have quit jobs before because they wanted me to do work like that. I will never stoop to that level! I taught my son that no matter what the job is, if you take pride in your work, you will always produce good work. How good is always up to you.

That anyone would take money for that work and endanger lives destroys my faith in humanity. But you have restored it. Thank you

"Down under' here in New Zealand, we can builds rods and modify vehicles legally. But they have to be certified by approved engineers. We often grumble about this imposition but it keeps this kind of crap off the road. Back in the 70s before certification, believe me, we had plenty of 'backyard' stuff like this. This is also why Kiwis are very careful when importing a pre-built rod from the US. One guy I know fell in big time, and he had to do what you're doing here, a complete structural rebuild. Thanks for taking the trouble to make the video and put it up.

Wow,  i just can't believe this, when you got to the exhaust pipes going through the cross member that had been cut is visual insanity. I absolutely blown away by the work on the frame of this beautiful truck. By the way i just came across your channel and think that you should have a couple hundred thousand subscribers. Just saying.

This is exactly why I have told anyone who wants to buy a custom car or truck to take a good body man with them to look for work like this. Driving over railroad tracks could have broken that truck in half. I once looked over a " restored" car and told the buyer to run fast and run far. You may have saved someone's life with what you found

The radiator should also be mounted trough a cushion, the radiator can develop cracks when it's hard mounted to the chassis because of the constant flexing.

I live in Europe, it's often frustrating how many rules there seem to be covering modified and artisan builds over here. But I have to say, in Europe this wouldn't be allowed to pass the safety checks so it would never be able to endanger the driver's or any other road user's lives...

They should be criminally liable.

This video is EXACTLY what i enjoy watching in build videos. Way too many videos skip the " build" part where all the skill and talent is presented. Love your videos!

Buddy, being an old car head from what you showed so far I hope they have to drive what they built, their demise will be on the local news channels...
That's not a frame anymore, it has no structural strength.. They GUTTED it and I'm glad you got the original back!!!

Bro, I know you were being respectful on camera, and yeah, the sarcasm was noted.  I’ve been working in a truck shop for my entire adult life and I would have loved to have been involved in the clowning y’all did the first time you laid eyes on this!!  So much fun!!   🤣🤣