Well due to it raining non stop for the last 10 days work on the Willys has ceased unfortunately, not gonna waste the time though so I'm back on this doing a few jobs.
I needed to make up the front trackrod and draglink, these are made from 1" OD x 1/8" wall Stainless tube with threaded bungs welded into the ends.
I looked at them and thought they look boring so thought about making them a little more interesting, decided to repeat the trims i made for my exhaust tips.








Unfortunately there isn't a tube available that will slide over 1" tube snugly so the trims were made from 1.250" solid bar turned down and bored out to 1" ID, Yep there was a lot of swarf !!!








I started to make them by using a holesaw across the end but it didn't give the shape I was looking for.








I called my mate Allan up and he cut the shape into them on the Milling machine, I made them longer than I needed so he could grip them. (thanks a lot Allan)
















I made a few extra to do the triangulated rear 4 bar as well.








After trimming to length they were all polished and fitted.








I also did a double ender for the middle of the trackrod & draglink, these are held in place by a rosette welding a small drilled hole.







Heres the completed trackrod and the rear triangulated 4 bars.