Nick,
Still waiting on Grumpy to get back to me on the front suspension design. He offered me a couple options but hasn't come through with parts or drawings yet. Time will tell, but I might have to follow Alex's lead if I can't get him moving on the parts. He is also supposed to be designing the rear suspension for me also, but that is next rung down on the priority ladder at the moment.
Figured out a way to mount the T-bird IRS pumpkin finally, but will need to weld up some brackets once they are in their final resting place.
Just tonight I was cutting the engine perches to height and getting ready to cut the mounting plates. Just got my Poly motor mounts on Monday, so I'm getting my final measurements for the mounting holes and perch angles and going to weld up the pieces tomorrow.
Starting to move along nicely, but since I'm working in a small section of my garage it is pretty tight and the rainy weather has made it pretty tough to move a few things outside so I can get some things done.
Have you located a fuel tank yet? I bought an SPF tank from somebody on the forum here and there is another one available if you're interested. I think it holds 17 gallons and is brand new, he changed to a fuel cell.
Fabbed up my roll bar mount brackets, but have to have the hoops made up before I can mount them in the right places.
Have you posted some new pictures of your progress? I'm taking pics as I go along and will post a few in a couple days in my gallery.
Mick, is there any reason you can't design the suspension around the IMCA Mustang II front spindles? It just looks like it would eliminate a lot of problems- brakes are available, the spindles are easy to find (made new now by TIC in California), and all the parts are easy to find and cheap.
Have you gotten as far as the radiator and mounting system yet? Grumpy told me you can use the 69 Nova big block radiator and they are available for around $109 brand new. I'm always keeping my eyes open for deals.
Keep in touch guys, I need all the help I can get.
- Bob
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