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Originally Posted by J. Robinson

Did you make it to the Frog Follies? I was there (as a spectator) and looked for your truck, but there were too many cars to see them all... The last time I was there was in 1980! It sure has grown.

Yep, we were there. We were in the open field to the left of the participant entrance (as viewed from entering the fairgrounds). It is always a great show.

Time to start thinking about how to attach the spring to the control arm.

I currently have two ideas. The first is to cut the spring hangers off of the ford wishbones and then cut them apart so that the pivot can be rotated to the right orientation and the welded and ground to look like they were forged that way....and then welded to the top of the control arms. The gooseneck would be pointed up.

The ford parts look like this. The shackle part would be turned 90* or so.


The other idea is to fab up something like the t-bucket I saw at Bonneville. Not nearly as "old looking", but should be functional.



Anybody got any better ideas?

For those that haven't figured out what I was talking about. Actual placement may be in a slightly different spot (left to right).

Great looking job with the brackets!....................................and my wife gives a nod with your view on penetration..................like that's a surprise!

Originally Posted by Flipper_1938

Yep, we were there. We were in the open field to the left of the participant entrance (as viewed from entering the fairgrounds). It is always a great show.

Darn! The one part of the grounds we didn't explore! We got there a little before 10:00 AM. We went to the first road south of where you turn to go in the main entrance and entered through the back gate. There was almost no line there (20 - 30 minute wait at the main entrance). My old feet gave out on me about 3:30 (collapsed arch & arthritis) and I had to get off of them, so we headed home. It had been 30 years since my last visit to that run and it's still one of the best.

As for your spring shackle attachments - although either idea should work, I think it may be easier to make something similar to the T-bucket ones than trying to use the old ones...

Originally Posted by Oldmanb

..........and my wife gives a nod with your view on penetration..................like that's a surprise!

Your wife is a weldor?

Went to the Pumpkin run today and hit the swap meet. I bought another set of square u-bolts. Hopefully these will work.

I also bought a gas tank of unknown origin. I'm guessing teens or twenties. it has a built in gas gauge (go to the back of car to check fuel level).

And a spare tire cover that I plan on cutting into cycle fenders.

Looks like I am going to get to work on the car this weekend. Not 100% sure what the next step should be.

I'm guessing that it should be to permanently mount the front crossmember and mount lower control arms. Once the arms are set, I should be able to plant my shackle hangers in the right spot.

That will probably tie up the whole weekend. If it doesn't, I will try and nail down the design for motor mounts and the path for the steering shaft....right now they look like they will be competing for the same space. I probably need to figure that out be fore I move to the upper control arm fab process.

Looking good, Flipper! Are you going stock Jag on the engine/trans?

Shit happened and I did not make it to dad's house.

There was a wreck going the other direction. One of the cars crossed the centerline and I collided with them head on at 45 mph.

I don't have any broken bones or life threatening injuries, but I feel like I was thrown off of a 5 story building and landed in the grass.....I look ok, but everything hurts.

The little red car is screwed.

Originally Posted by falconvan

Looking good, Flipper! Are you going stock Jag on the engine/trans?

For the moment yes. I do plan on hopping up the motor at a later date (probably finding a bigger motor to swap)

Dang, that sux! Hope your feeling better and happy to hear nothing is life threatening!

Wow sorry to hear about the accident, but glad to hear you made it out alive. It's surprising to me that both cars look to have somewhat equal damage. So they crossed the middle of the road to get out of accident traffic and caused another accident with you? Crazy...

Yikes, that was a nasty hit. Glad to hear you are O.K. Might need some ibuprophen for a few days for pulled muscles. Watch out for any late pain related to whiplash. If you start to feel stiffer as the week goes on might want to get it checked out. I was hit from behind on the freeway a few years back. Seemed like I was fine until two hours later I couldn't turn my head. Mostly stiff muscles, which hot and cold packs helped and Ibuprophen did wonders!

The pathfinder was actually involved in two crashes. She rearended another car (the gray 4 door in the first picture) and then came into my lane and hit me head on.