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Today I spent about 10 hours finishing up the darned driveshaft hoop assembly. In my wildest dreams I would never have thought something so simple could take so much time. What caused that amount of time was getting the parts ground and prepped for welding, and then welding it all up.

The 2 peices of 1 x 1 tubing that run fore and aft were obviously hollow, and I didn't want water getting inside, so I capped them with some pieces of small steel. Then I was able to finalize the position they will lay in on the two round crossmembers, and insert the three hoops. Once those were welded up I made four tabs that will be mounts for the center of the plywood floorboard.

All in all, there are fourteen bolts that will hold the body to the frame. My '27 only has 6 as do most T buckets and the like, but since I have to cut the floor in half after it is glassed, I didn't want any possibility of it sagging or being loose. By bolting it down in that many places it should never move or create any stress on the fiberglass body.

Here are some pictures of what I got done today. Now that this hurdle is done I can do the fiberglassing this weekend like I hoped.

Picture one shows the hollow tube I wanted to cap

Picture two is the cap in place and clamped for welding

Picture three is the welded and ground cap

Picture four are the two tubes with the hoops welded on

Picture five are the four tabs I made to mount the inside of the floorboard to the hoops