Here is the crossmember mount before welded on 

Another shot of burning on the crossmember mount 

The welding light doesn't do so well in the camera 

Burning on the crossmember mount 

This is the crossmember end of the traction bar brackets. The shackle will be vertical from here 

We cinched the frame down to simulate ride height and Im about to weld on traction bar bracket 

can sort of see the bracket in there. We used magnets to keep it perp to the axle 

Burning on the traction bar bracket 

First Side of traction bar welded to the axle 

Cleaning it up to weld in the bushing mount 

Almost ready to be welded 

Almost square .. watch that bubble 

squaring up the bushing with the link 

Look at me drilling 

Happily drilling away 

Hard to see in this photo but the hole saw went right through 

We made the bushings using a left over projector mount. Inside diameter of the pipe was perfect 

Arne wasted some time making mounts on the engine hoist for the engine stand. It does keep it nice and mobile though and takes up less space 

Todays task is a traction bar. We started off a little slow because we had to go get the metal and we tried to get a heater. We still made some good progress. Here you see a simple jig we made to insure we were drilling through the center of the pipe. We went with 1.25 sch 80 pipe ... should be good enough. This jig ended up working surprisingly well. 

He talked me out of keeping the only vintage part... The gas filler hole. Doh! 

grinder clean up of the spot welds 

patch panel for the legacy gas tank 

so seriously the finished product. these pieces have been smoothized(to smooth an unworthy item to exacting standards) 

Im an idiot 

at this point we have made two pieces and since our tooling isn't that good we have to clamp them together and grind to make them the same