71 Duster 360 (new project)

flipped a 7/16 nc bolt on it head...and welded it on top the backing brace...made sure the Tee had plenty of room to move around to clear everything...

Well..another hot day....Got the lower shock mounts fitted onto the backing plate...and ****...

just what i thought was going to happen.....with the backing brace on the housing...it moves the shock mounts back 3 inches.....the shocks will no longer be vertical ..and the springs now hit the top of the shock mount.....

I could have done some surgery on the shock mounts...but I dont like the coil over shock not be vertical....so...gotta chop cut rebuild the upper shock mount tomorrow.......got a new upper shock mount with tabs coming from summit...dam good i get over night shipping out of sparks nevada store..

So...while i am waiting on that stuff to show up....I went ahead and got the rear brakes back on the car...and I had to go get a piece of 1.25 x 1/8 x 3 ft flat bar steel so I can gussets the ladder bars..