Good to see you still at it.

Just use a bit of angle for the g'box mount, and plates through the floor like the CA guys use.

Don't reuse split/cotter pins.

it's all lovely white

split pins I reuse, unless they have been bent too many times

As for the mounts my CA uses original mounts, pity you can't get some welded in

Thanks guys. Are cotter/split pins the things that go through the bolt and castle nut and you bend with pliers? If so i got all new ones

Although the new ball joints had lock nuts instead of castle nuts

Moving along, the last stretch of the photos of the 10 day build. I installed the existing front struts for the ute. I suspect they came from a 1200 coupe as did the original leaf springs, but I do not know for sure. How do you confirm? The brakes are completely missing but I have the bits and pieces in a box. I will have to learn how to do brakes in the future. The rear brakes have also been stripped down to bare on the diff and will need rebuilding.

The struts have dodgy coil springs with a severe size chuck missing from each of them. I have no idea how tall they are meant to be but mine are roughly 12" - 13" high (unsprung). Needless to say, as they are zippy tied onto the strut shaft, they are in need of replacement. They look great on the ute but are dodgy as anything. Is it okay to reuse the pins that connect the struts to the steering nuckles (4x) ?

If anyone knows a good place in the USA to buy bolt-on upgraded strut/brake setups please let me know

Original rims. 14" x 6.5" Performance Challengers. Bridgestone Eager tires with a slight bulge, that old school muscle car look.

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In picture 493...View of left hand tire, there is a bit of a gap between the steering knuckle and the strut...is this normal?

Techno toy tuning in the USA do good bolt in kits

Oh yea, and the ute is now knicknamed "Vanilla Ice"

Comin on strong.... no there should be no gap between knuckle and strut base. Now maybe it needs some hammer time
Now let the dj revolve it

I want some struts that are smooth as ice.... ice.... baby

Thanks supa, I would have love to have got a set from you but ran out of time. Yea mik, I will see what the deal is, more than likely I replace the whole front strut/brake anyways.