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So, after making the rear brackets and marking where the holes should go on the rear valance, I dropped it out and welded in some flange nuts. I...

Work plods along, today I built the corner lower brackets for the subframe. I bought some flanged nuts to weld into the sheet metal so I can...

Someone with a lathe and a mill could have done a better job, but it came out OK.....:cool:

[ATTACH] Last year just before we went to Rushmore and MMEMW, I bought a nice new MiniSpares dipstick, with a T handle and a couple of O-rings...

So far yet to go! I also made some short brackets to tie the inner wheel wells to a vertical brace to further strengthen the side of the...

Still don't have the parts for my air punch,, tho they show them shipped out via USPS on March 27th...... Today I cut a chunk out of the old back...

Today I'm grinding all the nubs off from my welds, it takes a while as I want to be careful not to damage the adjoining panel or grind thru the...

Surprise! Today I got a note from MiniTec that my axles are on their way to me......they even sent a tracking number. I have been working on the...

I've been going slow on this project, mostly because I don't really know what I'm doing! [IMG] Also, I don't want to weld something up only to...

1st test fit of the new panel....still a little trimming and clean up to do before I drag out the welder. I had hoped to get it welded on today...

I decided to replace the rear panel in it's entirety, based partly on a recommendation from Dan - who pretty much knows about these things! I had...

Today I wanted to assess my work before I did the same to the left side, so I took the springs off the shocks so I could move the trailing arms...

Today was copy Binky day! I made a tool just like they used on Project Binky to bend up the lip under the arches, and it worked! I didn't do...

I started cutting in the new openings for the wheel wells. [ATTACH] Since the right side was mostly rust and holes, I got new inner wheel...

My inner wheel wells are supposed to be here tomorrow, but we had a blizzard blow thru so it won't surprise me if they're a day late - still, DHL...

So, big day today.....I bolted the suspension back in and fitted the rear shocks and wheels. The suspension was a bitch kitty as it's held by...

Today I needed to deal with some rust - almost every post from here on out can start with that sentence! [IMG] The new subframe bolts in one...

Ok, so it's in the hole!!! [ATTACH] I did have to carve those rear brackets out of the way, then it went in easily and everything lines up as...

all that's left is the rust! :rolleyes: Having a difficult time getting the rear sub into place......there are no instructions of course,...

I managed to get the rest of the sheet metal cut out today, although I see I still have to do some clean up and trimming, but I decided to do a...