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Thank you. So far, so good.

Now it's starting to look like something. Got ma guard dog, Lou, hangin with me today.

Progress.

A quick vid update. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld1jDXNBDig

Rear drive components are all Subaru, dif, hubs, etc. I bought the entire cradle out of an 95 Legacy, I think it was. Did quite a bit of research before I bought. Seems like they are pretty popular with guys who are doing this. Pull the dif out of the original case & fab a "can" to hold it &...

Mock ups inspire me.

Control arms, spindles ready to go on the frame.

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/tube-framecage-mini-sprint-build/149874/page1/

5 to 4. Result of several days work. Fits good. Happy with the results. Now that everything's solidly mocked up I can finalize my dimensions . I can already see that the upper & lower control arms are needing to be a bit closer together...don't want them rubbing against the wheel edge...

Nice work!!

Got the first hub drilled. Couple of the holes are close to the originals but my guesstimate is that the car they came off of probably weighed 3,000 lb ish. I'm tracking the weight of my tubing, engine & components & I'm figuring the buggy will be in the 500-600 lb range, dry, before fluids &...

Setting up the rotary table for re drilling the lug bolt pattern. My rough setup is using a countersink...I put a drop of layout dye on the edges & lower the bit into the hole & rotate it backwards by hand... adjusting the x/y axis on the table until it wipes the dye off cleanly. Then I set...

Thanks, giving it my best shot. The rotary table & chuck were full of chips wet with cutting oil from previous work. Broke it all down & cleaned it up for this work. Measured the flange & drew a plan to scale. Did the layout work & checked it...perfect 4" span for center of the stud holes. It...

My hubs are 5 lug...my wheels are 4X4". Put the hubs in the press & pushed it all apart in preparation for re-drilling. I bought all of the parts cheaply enough that I was cool with the work involved in changing the lug pattern...I've got more time than money these days. Get the caliper out &...

With a couple of the now completed bosses in place, I'm still using the paper template for verifying dimensions. Straps will act as stiffeners, helping to eliminate flex at the tips of the plate. Angles will keep the two ends in good alignment while assembling, as well as keeping side straps...

Start fitting the ball joint bosses to the backing plates. But first, a massive cleanup.

Boring ball joint stud tapers today. Found an old guy about my age that has a small one man grind shop. He mfgs machine cutting tools & sharpens drill & mill bits. Took him a fresh 3/4", 4 flute end mill along with my measurements & he tapered it to my specs. Fits perfect...:cheers2:

Got a new face mill cutter...much quicker than using a 1/2" end mill for this type work. Leaves a visable pattern on the steel, but the feel is that of polished metal.

This setup worked well.

Cut some plugs off of a piece of bar stock. These are for the ball joint bosses. Need a couple of v blocks for set up on the mill, to hold them securely. Will be facing the ends & squaring to the sides before drilling & boring the taper to match the ball joint studs. Toolmakers vice pulls the...