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This was a lot of welding. Same thing. Not the greatest welder when it comes to tube. But getting better already I feel. Front half of the subframe is welded out and to the frame and bump stop cans are in. I think I’m at the point to put the front axle back in and turn it around.

Thanks. Slowly but surely getting there

Another day of working on this housing… Started welding out the subframe as well and made the slug for the upper link. Originally it was just a sleeve and then a nut on the end but the bolt was so long, the trans had to come out to pull the upper link. So I made another sleeve and tapped it...

Bump pads are in. Panhard is welded. Few more plates for support and front axle will be done. Getting close to turning it around and starting on the rear. Driver side is a piece of the axle housing so 3.5x.25 and then has a piece of 2x.25 in the middle welded to the cap.

More axle welding. It’s back under the car to get the panhard hard tacd since I erased my marks by accident. Redid the front tube as it was pretty close to the ram bolts and clamps and worried about it getting smashed. And made it flow into the housing which looks way better. Besides the...

Started welding out the axle. Taking my time. Got the ram mount welded and braced and capped. Most the shock mounts and the outside of the upper link are welded. I’ll bridge the gap to the upper link and ram mount and probably add a slope to the other end to finish it off.

Little bit of time today. Got the shock mounts done. Not really a fan of how I did them because of how complicated the mounts turned out to be but they’re done. I then started welding out the front and pulled the axle to fully weld it. Not the best welder when it comes to tube but maybe by the...

Atlas showed up with the adapter. Adapter bottom needs trimmed to clear the subframe so I’ll throw it in the mill and take some off.

5 long days of putting in work with my dad and we got a ton done I feel. The front is cycled and pretty much done and ready to be welded. I got the front lower shock mounts welded and tacd back on and working on the final version of the front upper shock mounts. My dad was able to knock out most...

Start of the engine cage

Shocks came. And on the topic of shocks, I reached out to radflo and they stepped up to help me out big time. Looking forward to working with them and getting the car to work really well. Plan is to run the front shocks angled back about 20 degrees and in some after talking to @broken4_racing...

Housing cut to length. I went back and forth and equal length shafts or a centered pinion but ultimately decided equal length. Shortened the short side of the truss to match. It creates a shear point in the tube but I need clearance for the brakes so once all that’s on I’ll make a small...

Rear housing showed up and I got a ton of brackets and stuff for it cut and welded. Rest of the bearings and races showed up for the hubs minus one seal so put them together and just waiting on the brake stuff. Housing will use equal length shafts. Oil pan from kevko also showed up and pretty...

And some overall shots that were for the gram.

And finally finished the subframe to frame tubes. Tube work is getting easier. When I started this the two end tubes took me all day to make. I made the 5 tubes between the original two on both driver and passenger in just a few hours today. Feel like there’s good clearance.