thanks for responding... I will check the nuts, thats what it seems like to me.
I have full access as I am building the pan from the ground up, no body. But I am also building a full cage for the car.
so the question then becomes do I just build front picksups the way it's done on sandrails with a top and bottom connection to hold the beam, and forgo the re-nutting of the head?
Like in this image:
Thanks for the support guys.