Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
I put some more hours in the funny today. This time it was the steering gear. Right now I've got the mounting brackets in place but they'll need more tweaking to look & fit better.
The crossbar needed to be designed to be unbolted later for when the transmission needs to be removed. I made pairs of 2" X 4" flats. One pair is welded to the crossbar and the other to the frame.
The bottom of the steering gear is about 1" above the top of the transmission. Right now it seems very sturdy but I'll add more gussets yet.
The steering output shaft will still need to be lengthened but I won't deal with that for awhile.
It may not be rocket science but it took me a few hours to figure out where to locate everything. I'm hoping it looks a lot slicker once everything is welded, ground, and trimmed. I also picked up some more tubing for the cage. After really looking it over I believe I saw weak points that could buckle in an accident and needed reinforcement.
I put some more hours in the funny today. This time it was the steering gear. Right now I've got the mounting brackets in place but they'll need more tweaking to look & fit better.
The crossbar needed to be designed to be unbolted later for when the transmission needs to be removed. I made pairs of 2" X 4" flats. One pair is welded to the crossbar and the other to the frame.
The bottom of the steering gear is about 1" above the top of the transmission. Right now it seems very sturdy but I'll add more gussets yet.
The steering output shaft will still need to be lengthened but I won't deal with that for awhile.
It may not be rocket science but it took me a few hours to figure out where to locate everything. I'm hoping it looks a lot slicker once everything is welded, ground, and trimmed. I also picked up some more tubing for the cage. After really looking it over I believe I saw weak points that could buckle in an accident and needed reinforcement.