Spent a quiet Sunday afternoon finishing cleaning of the front and rear subframes. Just when you think they are clean, you find another spot with grimy dirt, hiding somewhere..
Anyway, once I was sure they were as clean as I can reasonably get them with out a hot-tank, I removed the paint on the trailing arm brackets, fired up my ancient Hobart MIG welder, and welded on a set of Garagistic eccentric brackets. These will allow me to adjust the camber and toe for the rear suspension. With nice clean material the welding went well. I did a few practice pieces, since I have not welded anything in many years.. pretty much like riding a bike! I'll post pics in an update to this thread (had to rush off to a neighbor's happy hour yesterday)...
So next up is to take the subframes and struts to be powder coated. While that's being done I'll disassemble the front and rear hubs. I'm doing the rear hubs primarily to replace the decrepit rear brake backing plates...
All of that will go on the shelf while I await the body. Meanwhile I'll start tackling the dash veneer, and my gauge project.
Anyway, once I was sure they were as clean as I can reasonably get them with out a hot-tank, I removed the paint on the trailing arm brackets, fired up my ancient Hobart MIG welder, and welded on a set of Garagistic eccentric brackets. These will allow me to adjust the camber and toe for the rear suspension. With nice clean material the welding went well. I did a few practice pieces, since I have not welded anything in many years.. pretty much like riding a bike! I'll post pics in an update to this thread (had to rush off to a neighbor's happy hour yesterday)...
So next up is to take the subframes and struts to be powder coated. While that's being done I'll disassemble the front and rear hubs. I'm doing the rear hubs primarily to replace the decrepit rear brake backing plates...
All of that will go on the shelf while I await the body. Meanwhile I'll start tackling the dash veneer, and my gauge project.