Yesterday was welding day. My dad and I spend several hours bolting and welding the battle boxes into the car. Also ran a solid beam all around the factory torque boxes to strengthen them further. The lowers are a piece of cake, I was able to do those by myself. The uppers take a bit more work and it's a two person job.
Today I got the interior side panels put back in and I also have a rear seat delete coming to me...hopefully sometime next week. I also put in a new fuel filter and re-installed the rearend housing this afternoon. It sure is nice having a lift. The first time I removed/installed the rearend it was dad and I crawling around on the floor. This time I was able to do it all by my lonesome, which I'm pretty proud of lol.
I still need to bolt on the quad shocks, install the drums and wheels and then let the car down. Then I can go through and snug up all the control arm bolts and exhaust, driveshaft, bleed brakes, etc.
Pix time
Car all stripped down
I had to slightly egg shape the bottom battle box where the control arm bolt goes through in order to install it. Once the bolts through the floor were tightened, it fell into the original spot of the hole.
I sprayed these with undercoat
Upper and lower battle boxes all welded in
Crappy pic, but here's the upper box from under the car.
I sprayed some flat black onto the bare metal
Rearend all bolted up