my 56 money pit

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rich I will over the top ,the bottom if I have enough clearence to remove the transmission.

[Humble]

I thought I had a lot of fabrication in my project but when I look at what your doing my car isn't so tough anymore Keep the updates coming!

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heres the bracing to bridge the torsion tubes together and the engineer has approved it.


this will be the position of the drive shafts under load.
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cheers malcolm

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another angle


cheers malcolm

[ricola]

Looking good Malcolm, but I think you could get a LOT more strength into the middle by closing off the hole infront of the trans...
Rich

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Rich the hole in front of the trans is forthe shifter rod & coupling if you have a look at the earlier pics youwould see that plate goes right across the tunnel.
I,m going to modify the orignal pan and use this one as a test bed.

[ricola]

Another thought... I wonder if you could make the front trans mount structural? That would keep it removable, just have to think of a way of getting some rubber back in there..
Rich