Saturday, 16 January 2016

Frame and misc painting

The rear portion of the frame has now been re-supported, which includes:

- Inner frame rail support drilled for body mounts and spring perches.  This is 3/16" plate and the hardware for the body mount brackets and spring perches holds it in place.
- New body mount brackets bolted up with lock tight and tops welded to frame.
- Spring perches installed with new bolts/nuts/lock washers and lock tight.
- Inner frame rail boxed in with another piece of 3/16" plate, with access holes for hardware.
- Rear frame painted with gloss black and then asphalt rust proofing.

"Mouse holes" drilled into lower frame for flushing out the frame of debris and easier to add rust preventative products into the inner frame.

Drilled and fitted new bottom battery tray pieces.

Painted air intake, fan shroud, fuel tank straps, battery tray pieces, and a couple relays that live in the engine bay.


This now means the frame is essentially ready to have the body dropped onto it!

I now need to marry the old firewall into the new body and then it can be dropped onto the frame!













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