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Glad to see an update, Flipper! I truly love seeing something coming together from cast away pieces & parts, and a little of the artist's eye influencing the process. Looking forward to more updates as you move forward on the build.

Well, I got a chance to go play this weekend.

I dug into a pile and pulled out some 1952 Mercedes front suspension pieces. They don't really work as is, but what else is new.



The cross shaft and spring bucket mount is what is interesting to me.










My a-arm kit...some assembly required.


Yes the wrench is part of the plan







Playing with parts














It should look something like this. ball joint bolts will be underneath




This is where I quit for the day.


Oh yeah, I might have also found the dash for the car. Honda lawn mower foot rests.



Driver side of dash


Passenger side

I realized I forgot to explain how cool the vintage mercedes pieces are and what the whole plan is... coppied from another board...

Originally Posted by dodgedartgt

Can you use those holes in the pivot shaft to mount the shaft like a GM part, so you can shim for caster / camber adjustments?

That is the beauty of using the Mercedes pieces. The pivot bushings are threaded in such a way that the arm can be moved front to back along the shaft.



The whole a-arm mount will be mounted on a plate that will bolt to the side of the frame and will be shimmable for camber changes.

I have a lot more welding and grinding to go to make it look presentable, but I think I finally found something that has that 30's high tech vibe that I was searching for....

Before I got too carried away, I decided to mark up the second batch of a-arm parts


I started on the angled piece this morning




figure out where to trim


trim


add some back?


transfer new cut lines


weld


grind


admire


grind some more (first arm)


grind some more (get rid of open end wrench shape...oh yeah, I welded on the corner pieces too)






start on the next one...