Rear suspension work…

Mounting the rear strut bracket to the Differential

Cushions in place on front Diff. tongue bracket

Trailing arm bumpers installed

Power steering cylinder bracket mounts

Trailing arm shims going in…

Driver-side Half Shaft going together…

Driver side strut arm going together…

Driver-side shock mount (holding strut rod to trailing arm)

Onto the passenger-side…

Rear suspension is nearly complete (just the shocks remain)

Assembly begins…

 

Installing the sombrero cushions to the rear cross-member

Bending over the tabs

Installing the rear trailing arms…

Brought the rear differential to Barry to look it over. 

This shop is the best! No charge.

Put a coat of ‘cast-blast’ paint on it, to give it a correct ‘65 look.

Preparing for rear differential install…

Rear differential mounted to rear cross-member

Steering box installed

Chassis back from powdercoat…

Let the assembly process begin!

We left the chassis VIN# stampings exposed

Unpacking the various powder coated parts

Loading the chassis into the trailer

Back to the shop…

Parts restoration…

 

Got a bunch of parts sand-blasted and refinished. Chassis is taking longer than expected. Once we have it back, we’ll start re-assembling everything.

Halfshafts version 1

Halfshafts v2

Shocks version 1

Shocks v2

Rear strut rods version 1

Rear strut rods v2

Steering box version 1

Steering box v2

Rotor/hub assembly fronts

Old wheel bearings

Both fronts disassembled

Got more parts sand-blasted…

Freshly sand-blasted

Primed & painted

Just awaiting the chassis back from Powder coating, and we’ll begin re-installing everything!