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Rear axle is a severely narrowed Ford 9"

It has 35 spline shafts, Strange centre section with Strange spool and 4.11 gears.

Suspension will be adjustable coil-overs and adjustable 3-link.

Rear brakes are Falcon rotors, calipers and internal handbrake.

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The engine is quite a tight fit in the bay, and the available height is a lot less than my old car that the engine came out of.

The 'old' intake manifold was quite tall and would have required a huge bulge to cover it, the two blow-through Holley 4-barrel carbs and the pressure hat.

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The manifold stood nearly 200mm tall:

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The top of the rollcage has been painted. This was done as, with the roof fitted there is no way I could get paint all around it.

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And with that done, the roof can go back on:

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One of the dimple-died screen gussets in place, the other will follow shortly....

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The transmission is a Getrag 6-speed from a 2012 Mustang, and it was slightly too big for the transmission tunnel:

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So I've put in a steel framework, this will be covered in removable aluminium panels to enable easy access:

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Time for some more paint to be splashed about!

Front hubs are now painted and fitted with their larger-than-standard taper-roller bearings:

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and after adding a couple more tabs just in case I ever fit wheely bars, the back axle casing:

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With the Ford 9" axle ready for final assembly, my attention turned to the links for it.

Lower links are very straightforward, left and right handed rosejoints and a couple of sturdy tubes:

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Upper link (yes, just the one) is a bit more complex:

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The two forward rosejoints are the same size as the lower links, the single axle end one is far larger.

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