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Made the plunge today. NY out at D will be fun

A little of yesterday's work. I felt like I got a decent amount done, but had some frustrating moments too. By the way I forgot to mention earlier, that when I was in Dumont and got to meet up with all the fella's that I had a surprise opportunity. There was a guy there selling this car There was no way I was going to pass up the chance to check it out too, especially since he was only 2-3 camps away. I got to drive the car, and was totally excited about the way it handled, very predictable and after 2 bowls felt like I was in total control. If my car handles half as good as it did (actually expecting more out of mine) I will be like a kid in a candy store with it. Anyway onto progress. I spent the morning pulling the steering shaft and u-joints robbed off of a wrecked rail of a family member, only to find out none of it will fit, wrong splines. No biggie I knew that might be the case when I had the idea to try them. Next I got the Rack mount finished to size and gusseted in, Also welded out the spreader bar. Mount cut down to size Added tubing for support. So time consuming. First piece I cut to short and collapsed the end of in the bender when it slipped out of the die. Figured I could still make it work by notching off the smashed end, after all I will have to cut the notch. WRONG! After being done and happy with fit, I tried to notch it, and it was on the wrong angle to fit, ugh. Cut new pieces more than long enough this time (measure twice cut once . Spent time making sure notch was perfect and making sure they were identical, so as to look uniform when welded in, and not looking like my kids made them. Finally happy with my product and got everything tacked in place. Looks good. I weld it all in and am happy with fit and finish. I install the rack and when I do I see a little gap between rack and mount. Funny I don't remember seeing that before, what's going on? Upon further inspection I realize that welding the tubing on caused the plate to warp a little. I should have known this would happen, after all there is a big hole right in the center of the plate. So I snugged the bolts up on the rack hoping it would not cause the rack to break. That seems to have worked, I will loosen the rack when I get back to it and see if it flattened or not. Went ahead and finished putting the front end back together. I adjusted the upper arms earlier in the day and everything looks really good now. I thought I would be dropping the motor in yesterday but this just took to much time. I will get to that next. I must have forgot to snap a picture of everything back together so you'll have to wait for it.

We'll be out this weekend I'll tell all my friends to keep an eye out. Hope u get it back!!

Those are great pictures wish i could of been there, [love that smooth sand]