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Made my jig rejigging jig. The big box section has two sets of holes for the studs, the original location and the narrower location.

Once I bolted it to the studs, I welded some random bits of scrap to join the two jogs together. Then I could cut the mounting studs of the first jig, move them to the new position holes, weld them to the jig again, then cut the rejigging jig off.

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It not very exciting to look at...

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I got the subframe positioned in the car and bolted up to the repositioned front mounting studs.

I need to think of a way to temporarily attach the strut towers and box section to the car. But it needs to be removable so I can put it in the other car and have it in exactly the same place. I'm going to guess that the position of most of the bolt holes is "close enough" and won't be the same between the two cars

I'm definitely going to need a custom fuel tank.

 

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Dang it. Scrap metal place only has big trucks, so it will cost them more than the shell is worth to collect it. But mate next door is cool with me chopping it into bits to fit in his small trailer and taking it in that.

On a positive note, I did get $52 for the two stuffed copper radiators I dropped off.

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So I'm reasonably sure the subframe is aligned correctly. But just in case, I have given myself some wiggle room.

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These big washers will allow me to move the mounts around a few mm.

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And a bit of plate with a threaded hole and a pointy bolt that fits into a corresponding hole in the big bolt to temporarily 'lock' it into position.

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I'll leave it like this until I can get it on a wheel alignment machine. Once I confirm that the subframe is straight, I'll weld it all solid.

I still need to make a plan for the front mounts. I don't have any flat surface there, so I need to create a temporary one.  

 

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SO much more access to weld the back of the strut towers now. It will go back in later, but trying to contort my arms through it to get good welding angles was a bitch.

I also needed to make some space for the propshaft universal.

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Join this bit to that bit.

First, makes some holes.

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So as not to intrude into the seat space, the front part goes under the floor. To avoid a suspension pivot point, the back part goes above the floor, also to tie into the strut tower.

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