1973 Midget build by ianjoub

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Well, back to this pic. My driveline guy came out. It seems that a 2 piece driveline is in order. I was advised to mount the motor at as much of an angle as I can cheat, a few degrees of straight. This will make for less driveline angle, thus less bind on u-joints. We will make a short driveshaft to a carrier bearing which will sit about flush with the firewall in the tranny tunnel. Then the 2nd driveshaft with a slip joint (to account for the rear suspension movement) will go from there to the diff. No problem he tells me, "it is only money". :whimper:

9-12-2012

Ok, more progress, or degress, depends on your viewpoint....

The car was sitting too high in back. I had a 240 lb employee stand in the trunk. It was still to tall.



I can't get all of what I need with a spacer block between the axle and leaf spring because the 13" wheels don't have the clearance for the brackets.... This was my solution. 1st, I got out the torchesh shit, not this again:



I am cutting out the shackle brackets to raise the mounting point, thus lowering the car:



And done:

I made some templates out of cardboard, then cut the steel and welded up some new 'towers' for the spring shackles:





I have 2 3/4" of rise in the new 'tower'. This should translate into 1 3/8" lowering of the car because the axle is 1/2 way between the front and rear spring mounts...