Been doing a little work and lots of planning and measuring on the rear bars lately, at least when it's warm enough to even bother turning the heat up....

I'm fabbing a triangulated 4 bar for the car, with a limited amount of adjustment on the forward mount points similar to a drag car unequal length 4 bar.... Considered going to a regular drag type 4 bar, just didn't want to give up the good street manners of the triangulated setup. Nothing worth taking pictures of yet, just a lot of temporary mounts used to measure bar angles and lengths.... Looks like the upper bars will be 16" center to center length and the bottom bars 20.5". Both the upper and lower bar forward mount points will have multiple holes to change the bar angle, plus each bar has adjustable ends to change their overall length.

The mounting for the top bar is about dead center of where the back seat used to be... No big deal, never seen a 'maro with a usable back seat anyhow!!!!! The interesting part of the rear suspension bracketry is getting it all tied to the car's substructure and also having everything "work" with the frame ties and roll bar to gain the most from weight transfer... Other thing I'm trying to do is make the car rigid, and at the same time reduce the weight significantly, I want to hit the street with a wet weight below 2600 pounds so every bracket has to be strong and light, and where it's possible try to get each bracket or gusset to perform multiple functions.... When you're done with the easy weight reduction, finding a place to save 100 pounds, then you have to start looking for 100 places to save a pound!!!!

Also got the front suspension cradle removed, remove the struts, then only 3 bolts on each side and the whole K member is on the floor. Planning on replacing it with a tubular moly k member that will be lighter and stronger then the stamped steel peice, and also make lots more room for headers, steering, etc.

Anyway, having lots of fun on the build. My young friend Greg is still hanging around and helping when he can, all the time soaking up everything he can learn like a big sponge!!!!!

I'll post up some pics when the suspension is a bit more finalized and doesn't look like a fabricator's nightmare, as is the case now!!!!! For sure, no one will look at this car and say it's a 1-800-Hot Rod build!!!!!!!