And onto the front bumper

Rear cage in. I like how it turned out.

On to the rear bumper/cage

Steering column mounted and removable. Has sealed bearing for smooth no vibrating feel.

Finish welded and mounted

The shock mount

Moving to the front shock mounts

Fuel tank start

seat tabs

rear shocks mounted

Here are the rear shock mounts welded up.

Body mounts. Working on the rest.

Got the steering shaft fro a buddy. Nice!

Got some cage work in. Not welded yet, so Ill straighten the bars that are out of line a smuge.

The start of the rear arms from 4130 plate.

Some bracing going in.

Just for the 181 purists, this didnt stand a chance for restoration! The 181 is getting rare here.

Chromoly spindles.

Front suspension installed for some gratification. Lower A-arms are poly bushed, and uppers are heims. The tires are from another car, they will be 33 x 10.5 x 15.

The beginnings of a cage. 1.5" DOM tubing and plate work is 4130 chromoly.

Another early model. The suspension was first and the body was modeled within a 1/4" +-

The suspension was designed using SolidWorks. Travel will be limited at 19". After that geometry starts to degrade. This is the concept we are shooting for.

The start of the spindles

This is the upper bulkhead and lower arm mount.

Mock up, with the front bulk head.

Here is the pan replacement. It is going to be A-arm front with semi-trailing arm rear. I also finished the torsion housings. There are two of everything since I am also building one for a friend.

So it begins!

1974 VW Thing.
Thought I would share a project we are building. We started out with a 74 VW thing needing lots of help. Here is what we are up to:

First time with a blog so testing it out.