When i was doing the fire wall i added a couple of tabs at the bottom to drill through into the chassis for the front body mounts. I trial fitted the body this morning and they were in the right location but about 2-3mm off the chassis. I drilled the pilot holes and once i got the body off started hunting for a spacer to weld there. In my hunting i found the body mounts i had cut off a few years ago so cut them down and welded them on. Perfect thickness and the original front mounts reused (kind of).
I've followed your build since you started it. Now I'm contemplating an under-slung. I'm glad to see it again. Have you done anything else with it in the last 6 months? How do you like yours, now that you've had some time to use it and think about it. Would you do anything differently? Is there something in particular that you are glad you did a certain way? Are there any other advantages to an under-slung, other than the frame's weight being closer to the ground? How big of a difference do you think the weight's low location made to the car's cornering abilities?
The last six months have been a bit crazy for me, back in full time employment after being self employed for a decade or so. Working for some one esle sure impacts on the time to work on the car! The only thing i really wish i had done differently was to run a straight axle rather than an i-beam as with no "drop" it would have given more clearance under the chassis so i could run a slightly shorter front tyre. With the tall 29" tyres on the front i am limited in how much steering lock i can get turning right without the tyre scrubing on the steering arm, other than that i'm pretty happy with it. It drives nice, stops well and has no real handling quirks even with no shocks on the front yet. Having the low COG really helps the handling as it corners like it on rails and being long in the wheel base if it does get loose it is easy to pull back in line. Its still in pieces as i write this though with the body off tidying up a few things but will be back together again soon.
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