Diff mounting

Being married sure does have a way of sucking up time. And not to mention a new hobby of mountain biking. But I digress. There has been progress...while waiting for parts to come in to complete the rear suspension, I decided to tackle the differential mounting. I agonized over how exactly to mount the front of the diff, and had an idea in my head that I think would have worked decently. Then one day while flipping through Kit Car Builder, I saw a picture of how Everett-Morrison mounts their Ford diffs in their Cobra replica cars, and wanted to punch myself in the face for not thinking of it. If you squint really hard, you can kinda see how they did the front mounting:

So, like any good engineer, I pretty much copied their design. Here are the results:

It's still only tacked in, but that is the general idea. Parts should be in soon for the rear suspension, so I'm hoping I can finish that up over Memorial Day weekend, and then it is on to the front suspension. Hope I can have a rolling chassis in a couple few months.

Wha?? An update?!

Yes, I'm still working on the project. Yes, I realize I haven't updated this since September. First, October through January were hectic. Who knew wedding planning and honeymoon planning would take so much time? Since getting back from the honeymoon in late January, we've been working on the other project (the house). Got some new furniture, painted the living room, and some other small projects to make the house livable for a woman. It had turned into a bit of a bachelor pad since I moved in last April. Even this update is a couple weeks late. All the stuff you see done was finished late February.

The first part of the update is along the lines of making things suitable for a woman. I finally got around to driving to my brother's place to borrow his utility trailer to haul of the remains of the donor Miata. For some reason, wives don't seem to like Miata bodies that have been stripped and sawed in half sitting under blue tarps in the driveway. Strange, I know.

The last I saw of it. Sad.


In regards to the car, last I left you (if anyone is reading this), the basic rear configuration was done. I've slowly been working on rear a-arms since October, and I finally got a chance to work on the upper rears. They're obviously not totally done, since I need fully weld them, fab a shock mount on the lower rear, and clean up the uppers.

Look! A wheel bolted to the frame and 2 seats! And yes, I did stand there, spin the wheel, stand back and giggle like an idiot. It's a big step!

I'll try and keep this more up to date. No promises though. Time spent updating the blog is time not spent working on the house or the car. Or spending time with the lovely wife. Cough.