7). Deconstruction I

Now that I had the engine out…

I added some wood to the jack stands to raise the car up a little higher.

Then removed the fenders and changed up the wooden supports so I could get the tires off and work on the suspension without anything in the way.

Removing the suspension however proved to be a bit tricky. Apparently bolting the cross member to the frame wasn’t in the cards when this car was being worked on back in the day. So they decided to weld it together.

Which, honestly was kind of amazing that it stayed together at all considering how easily I was able to grind the two pieces apart.

Don’t let the retaliative cleanliness of the suspension below fool you, I had to scrape away years of dirt and grease just to get it to the state it’s in here.


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