1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

[40FordDeluxe]

A member on another forum I'm on pointed out that my upper link mounts on my rear end housing were not going to work. He said they needed to be parallel with the ground for the upper bars to articulate properly. I thought about it and he was right. The ends at the top of the rear end would have to rely on the rod ends at the end of the bars to do all the action. So I spent all one morning fixing my upper link mounts. They are parallel to the ground now and it should be good to go now. I also got one bump stop mount made and installed. I started making the bracing I'm using to tie the bridge pieces together. I decided to put the car's name in the lower piece so you can see it from below. It's just cut out rough with the plaz. Boy I sure I had a water jet.

I got that piece all cleaned up and started welding it in place. I ran out of welding wire yesterday morning so I didn't get much accomplished. Plus I didn't have the extra time. This morning I had to finish cutting up my derecho tree damage so I could get it out of here. I did make some CAD pieces, cardboard aided drawing, made up so I can cut more pieces to the puzzle tomorrow. I got more welding wire tonight and I also picked up the shocks I plan to use. Hopefully tomorrow morning I can get the shocks installed and have the rear suspension close to done.