jpayne
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Thanks mate.
Wasn't aiming to make it look pretty just trying to get it to work.
This way I can go very low because the tower is mounted in the boot (through the floor)and if necessary lower the bracket via the taller version at little cost.
But the car is a very low circuit car so where I have it and how its worked out should be good.
Need to tack it all in and reassemble it and test for full articulation and binding before finishing it off.
JP
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Good luck to you mate, it looks pretty much spot on but my eyes havent been calibrated for a few years lol
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Bought myself a big floor mounted pedestal drill which can do 180 RPM so I can use it for hole saws into steel. Will use it for the roll cage as I also bought a tube notcher a few months ago. Tried the drill out on the cross member for the watts link and with a bit of cutting oil was a dream job.  ran some stiffeners across the bolt holes  and hey presto ready to weld in   I move into the new workshop next week so I hope progress will accelerate again with space to work JP
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Turned out great, once again, keep up the nice work.....
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Cheers Drew Back on its wheels again ready to be moved had to tack the watts crossmember in ready to move it  seems to clear everything and doesn't bind  this is it at about ride height  and cause they look pretty the front struts on the car   also fitted the doors up with new 8mm bolts and has fixed the droop and knock on one side. the other side is better but not perfect, and the whole lot lines up still yay! might get some photos of it on the ground tomorrow if I remember. JP
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with a little help from some mates and a convoy of utes, trailers and station wagons I'm all moved into the new workshop Before:   After:    then it hit 40 degrees so ill head back tomorrow to get it off the trailer and restart work, with space a plenty. JP
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Wow! Awesome new space that shed. Good job.
And that front end is just so pretty. Nearly a shame to cover it up with some wheels.
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I`m as jealous as hell mate, i wish i had a workshop halfway like that
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spent the day cleaning and building new benches, arranging new, old, to be refurbished, falcon, suzuki and other car parts or toys etc into a logical probably never to be found again spots. then off the trailer ready to be rotated tomorrow   and look how bad fitting these rear arches are, time for some new ones I think, I have to butcher them to repair the rear 1/4 lowers anyway.  JP
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OOPS got a bit pull-it-apart happy  bit of diff clearancing, will probably just box the tank platform in rather than reshape it all with one piece cut, ground and trimmed plenty of little bits and pieces then  ahhh more big holes  actually not that bad but now is the time to fix the rear arches for good about 45mm further back and a lot less rotated around the wheel like before  JP
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started on the tank platform and diff clearance. Rather than two pieces of metal Im option for one boot floor and tank platform in one. managed to lower the tank height by about 20mm over where it was previously.   and trying to arrange the new pumps, tanks, mounts and brackets.  JP
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Neat solution with the diff clearance and platform in one.
Shaun
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Nice work, I love going thru these threads and seeing the amazing fabrication talents some forum members have.
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Not a lot to report today, spent it on maintenance on the subazuki! But cut more and bigger holes in the escort'   and removed the last of the original paint from the 'A' pillar as this is the first time the doors have been off since it was built  JP
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Today's work filled in some holes     and closed in the rear 1/4 rust repair   and  JP
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