Now the front is installed and next step is for front upper control arm mounts to be made and upper shock mounts. Using stock position till I can get this on the ground, set ride heights etc.
This brings me to the back end, which I have slowly been dismantling, but it all got real yesterday afternoon.
The good, the bad and the ugly.
The good - the whole rear is out. Whilst its not really heavy and unworkable, it is cumbersome by myself under jackstands. Also it looks like I am about to learn a whole lot more on jag rears than I had ever really planned.
The bad - Its going to cost a whole lot more than I planned.
The ugly - Pics tell a thousand words. Ok, to be fair, there is the 35 years of gunk which is easily cleaned off, sand blast and paint will fix some of the appearance, new rotors and a rebuild.
There is a Willwood caliper conversion but the original brakes were retained for the handbrake. I would like to somehow get rid of this chunky original set up, keep the Wilwoods and have some simpler handbrake set up. LCA will have some welded brackets for strength. I will be making a trailing arm set up going to the rear so the mounts are in-line with the LCA inner pivot. May look at custom half shafts for strength (final motor choice undetermined).
There are other matters to attend to. One of the mounting points was completely broken so will make new brackets, braced and re-weld. There was some gawd awful play in the LCA which should be fixed with new bearings etc and a re-build and a half shaft is seized on at the bolts - this one will get interesting.
Needless to say, all new uni's, bearings, seals etc should have things going well. Before pics are always ugly, and I look forward to having this completed so I get get it fitted and all back on the ground again.
Time to start learning more on jag rears.
