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That looks rather good. The crossmember is a great idea.
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Also available in B body flavour Cap’n….
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So you're keping it much like original then. :drwho:
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To the untrained eye…
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I really should know better by now. I usually make my own lightweight bumper brackets but I was seduced by these brackets I found on the net made specifically for my car. Do they fit? do they arse! Too long by at least 2 inches which required a couple of hours of shortening, redrilling, bending and swearing to get the bumper sitting where it should. The Americans love to slag off the Chinese for their quality overlooking the fact they can't get it right either far too much of the time.
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:lol: :lol:

i think there is something wrong there Blue
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Yea, I don't remember ticking the 5mph bumper look option! almost got it sorted now.
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Blue wrote: Thu Mar 10, 22 8:45 am Yea, I don't remember ticking the 5mph bumper look option! almost got it sorted now.
Was just thinking you could probably get away with 20mph with that gap!
Opportunity to get them really close into the body...
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:shock: :-k :lol:
24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not…

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Ok that’s that job sorted!
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Next parts of the puzzle, pair of NOS Mopar Performance .810 drag race torsion bars and Calvert 90/10 shocks.
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Where did you dig those up from?
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They turned up locally weirdly enough..
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:thumbright:
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Swapped out the Urathane bushed upper control arms for a rose jointed set. These allow even more caster to be dialled in for high speed stability and rose joints have virtually no friction so the suspension can react much faster for best weight transfer. I’ll fit boots on the joints before final assembly so they will live for regular road use.
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