New guy on the block

[tr6lt1]

This weekend I finished the rear cross member. I used a piece of 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ x ¼  square tubing because that's what I had in the shop at the time. I still plan on using 1 /12x 3x .120 rectangular tubing for the frame stub. I also used 2" long left over pieces of the lower control arm tubing to make my bushing mount. I had a set of 1969 Camaro Poly rear spring bushings that fit the tubing perfectly, so I used them for the main cross member isolators. I will use the Chevy truck bushings for the lower control arm mount struts instead. I used 3/8" plate for the gussets and the third member plate as well as the lower control arm "wishbone" braces. The gussets between the third member and cross member already have the 4 degree angle in them that these jag rear ends have built into the tops of the thirdmember. Here are some picks......

[tr6lt1]

[BlownMGB-V8]

It looks very strong Frank, nice dogbones btw. Good access to the diff mounting bolts too. Do you think you'll use both sets of springs? Seems I heard Cobras only used one set because they were so much lighter than the donor car. We were planning to run coil-overs on the Roadmaster but haven't bought them yet. Here's the link if you're interested in seeing how we're doing on that: http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?2,166,page=17 bottom of the page.

Jim

[tr6lt1]

Jim, I will try all four shocks and if they turn out to be too heavy I will try just two...I am on a tight budget for this project and after market coil overs are not an option............I read the article posted on your page about the axles turning while welding. I first spot welded the tubes to the axlestubs and then clamped them down to a surface plate on the machined sufaces of the u-joint retainers. They did not move and were perfectly straight after welding.