Mopar Muscle Association UK

if the only issue was the speedo housing wanting to be in the same place as the crossmember on the aussie tailhousing why not alter/remake the crossmember for clearance? surely that'd be easiest, unless there were other issues you didn't mention here.
neil.

the axle is now bolted to the springs, after we made the lower u bolt plates. it's just clamped tight at the moment, we'll leave setting the pinion angle until the engine and box are mounted. the halfshaf6ts are just slid in for now too as they'll come out to fit the now oils seals in the casing end...

ashley came today and we cleaned all the old brackets off of the exploder axle before shortening the long side 2 7/8" so another short side shaft can be used. the bottom plate of the spring perches are now made. we know the axle needs to be back along the springs from stock to centre the wheels...

the shock brackets are all cut and ground. we clemp them all together for grinding so they're all the same. they're now ready to weld in place once their bolt holes are drilled.
neil.

before making the shock brackets (although they're marked out on the steel sheet, lol) i decided the chassis where the steering box mounted wasn't as strong as i'd like. there was a slight twist if you pushed the wheels lock to lock as they stopped each way, not good enough. so we did yet more cad w...

it occurred to me last night that it'd handle much better and be lots less 'uncle buck' if it had shock absorbers on the front. so with a pair of new-ish cortina rear shocks from a kit car offered up it was time for more cad work. oh, and the steering arm needing a little trim to clear on full lock,...

Blue wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 24 7:45 pm Longer stud and a spacer should fix that.

great minds think alike, lol.
neil.

the steering box is now fitted and the drag link adjusted to give even lock left and right. we also seam welded the top of the chassis rails and added the bracing plates from under the chassis to under the front crossmember. rear axle is next so it's on all 4 wheels then engine and box mockup. it's ...

Derek wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 24 12:24 pm Very professional looking, well done.

agreed, very nice work. don't doubt your abilities when your work is this good.
neil.

not much done today but still something. the top lip of the chassis got ground away (it'll be seam welded later) to drop the box slightly. now 2 of the 3 mounting bolts are under the chassis. we'll bolt tubes to them and weld the tubes to the underside of the chassis with flitch plates for strength....

just the steering box to mount (3 tubes to weld in the chassis) before the engine and box can be offered up. we won't fit the column sections until after so we can route it clear of the engine, exhaust etc.
neil.

today we started to figure out where the steering box was going to go along with it's 'paired' steering arm on the other side upright. the box is now about where it needs to be and the cad steering arm is mocked up so it clears the brake caliper.
neil.

that looks a great project
there is a section for this sort of 'non mopar' called alternative muscle on here. my nash gasser build is there
neil.

i just ordered a bunch of nyloc's to replace the plain nuts i've used for mockup so far.
neil.

i guess you could get the carb cap/cover, cut a hole in it and use one of these. neil. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266770386884?itmmeta=01HYEE9CR17STP658XBR3BF3GH&hash=item3e1cc10fc4:g:7XAAAOSwwbdWLkXY&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4LTfhnaOmjdZg2%2BCYkWn02phD91PuiQIsGQ40pBu6MXz%2BmTf6FfK14xNgehJ3aA60O...