Corona virus projects......

I bought and aftermarket one that mounts under the car, not sure the brand as I bought it a about 2 years ago and I haven’t touched the car for a year or so lol. I bought a ton of parts for it and got super busy at work so it’s been on hold.
 
Had to change up the steering geometry. Wrapped the headers and I couldn't move the shaft away without the joints binding. I added a middle joint which calls for the use of a supporting hymn joint. Just need to weld in a mounting plate and tighten it all up.

I'm also adding rivnuts to all of my through-bolted panels to make removal/install easier (and cleaner).
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Don't be scared to weld any connections that just use a set screw. I don't know brand it was but my pal trusted a simple set screw on his 4X4 steer setup and it failed during a race. Maybe he forgot to weld it? Skipped instructions? Badass, oldass, truck!

My project of swapping buggy engines is underway. Engine is out of the street buggy. Replacing stock clutch with something meaner before reinstalling.
 
AutoRoc said:
Don't be scared to weld any connections that just use a set screw. I don't know brand it was but my pal trusted a simple set screw on his 4X4 steer setup and it failed during a race. Maybe he forgot to weld it? Skipped instructions? Badass, oldass, truck!

My project of swapping buggy engines is underway. Engine is out of the street buggy. Replacing stock clutch with something meaner before reinstalling.
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I thought about it. The only way the joints will come apart is if I pull the whole column out of the cab now.
 
That looks excellent. I know a ton of bodywork goes into making a car straight and smooth enough to be painting it black. It'll look sweet when it's finished.
 
Ill do my best. Its kind of a pain to pull the photos from my phone, resize them and then post them. but Ill try to post some pics of it all polished out later this week and back together. I had to order some hardware for the hinges so well see when that shows up.
 
Thanks.. Honestly the thing that makes a job like this go smooth is the owner. He's been very understanding during the entire process and just want is done right. I had a lot of setbacks. Funny enough the car was originally dropped off to have the hood painted and he wanted me to investigate some cracks that were appearing on the passenger side.
 
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