Mirage (Re)build thread - Jerry

[Jerry]

Rear

[Jerry]

Ok lets strip the frame down, cut off old mounts, and go to the welder shop ...

[Jerry]

The mounts get welded in.
The coolant will not be going through the lower frame rails anymore. My welder said there was rust in the frame that would have got in the waterpump, the engine block, the radiator, and probably ruined it.
The inside of the frame has been sprayed with rust ender. The Eastwood company sells rust ender that goes through a long hose and then comes out of a spray nozzel. This way you can coat way inside frame rails.

Then it goes for sandblasting and powdercoating!

[Jerry]

The frame is back:

[Jerry]

I bought new upper A Arms. Here is the first look at assembling, I have not put the coil on the shock yet here.

These shocks can be run inverted.

[Jerry]

Here you can get the idea of where we are going on the rear ....

[Jerry]

Bearing end mounts are used on all shock ends.

I am thinking about bump stops and limit straps or bump stops for top out.

[Jerry]

I cut out some brake adaptors .... (Thanks Neil)

And waterjet cut a couple of shock coil wrenches ....

[Jerry]

Back when I had the old engine in the frame I made a crank adaptor to force the engine to turn on the old 327 ....

Even after soaking for weeks, the engine is stuck and I gave up on that one.

It probably needs each piston hammered out one at a time, or even worse it broke and locked.

[Blueovalz]

looks like you've got a really good relationship with a machinist! I see what you mean by the motion ratio on the front (.6?).