Alright, well some progress was made. I didn't reach the goal of finishing the rear suspension as I wanted to this weekend, mostly because I ended up fooling around with steering ideas for to long on Saturday. I did some mock up and just didn't like the placement of the drag link. Everything seemed to work much better if it just wasn't there... so I got rid of it. I'll be going full hydro with a single ended ram and tierod. It is more expensive and I didn't want to spend the money, but I think it will be worth it in the end. I debated the double ended cylinder as well, but I just can't do the added cost. As it is I'm going to have to save some before I can even buy the stuff I need.
Anyway, front suspension is complete minus upper shock mounts. I'm going to have to cut and go into the engine bay as the 12" travel Fox's are just long.
Axle welding is completed and half painted as I still need to fab up a mount for the panhard bar. Sorry no pictures of the axle, I'll shot some soon.
I did finish the crossmember and all the frame side mounts on it. I had picked up a 4x8 sheet of 11gauge for a really good price and I wanted to try out my 3/4" dimple die I've had laying around for awhile. So I spent to much time coming up with a cool brace for the upper mount on the crossmember.
Works pretty well with my 20T press, probably would be better on some thinner stuff. I think this is probably the max capacity of the die.
All welded up and painted, you can see the two holes giving the two options for the 3-link posted above.
Complete crossmember shot. The notch/dip over the driver's side lower mount is for driveshaft clearance. I fabricated this so that it would be as high as possible and I needed this so that the CV clears. Also, I know there are some light spots in the paint, I have already put another coat on it.