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Good work Ian : thumbs:

Now to join the two bit of the drop link together.. The fixed length one was easy.. A bit of Wheel Horse lift arm with some more steel pipe hammer inside for extra strength. The adjustable drop link needed a bit more thinking about.. As I couldn't find a bolt I thought was not only strong enough, but I also had a nut to fit, I made my own.. The thread is only partly cut here.. My first attempt came out a bit wonky and the threaded bit decided it didn't want to wind in or out! Attempt 2 ended up with a wonky thread being cut!! Attempt number 3 involved cutting a thread off a toll I haven't used in at least 8 years!! But it worked.. Two drop links tack welded together.. I know that having to removed a pin to adjust the adjustable drop link isn't ideal, but it will do for now and keeps this 3 point build within budget... which is nowt.. Yep only built with what I had kicking about the shack Ok, I may of borrowed the 3 point arms from the 6x6m but were gloss over that And fitted.. All I need to do now is to pull it all apart for final welding and strengthening.. The plan was to make a start on that today, but it seemed a shame to be inside with the nice sunny weather, so Pete and I went for a drive

Strong is the only way to go So where were we? Oh yes the long link arm thingy.. I managed to hold the parts of it in the right shape in situ and tack welded then together. Here's the link after I pulled it out for a few more tack welds.. With a bit of trimming and strengthening it will look the part and do the job.. Best fit it in the GT and give the hydraulics a try.. Down.. And up.. Then just for a laugh I made some drop links out of garden wire so I could see the lower arms go up and down I even quickly throw part of the rear bodywork on to check for clearance... Yep, plenty there.. And on to the final part of the 3 point puzzle.. Making drop links.. A couple of these sliver bit's were left over from the 6x6's 3 point kit... A good start, all they needed was a lower hole drilled. A bit of thick wall box with one side cut out and a hole drilled through. Gave me the sideways movement.. I needed a couple of these to fit over the lower arms.. Cue yet more 5mm steel. These should be strong enough

Thanks for your kind words gents Here's the display board for Isfield...

great job matt

my thoughts were to save your mrs legs for when you are having a shower on your camping holiday she can pump faster sitting down. its called being thoughtfull

They tend to get upset when I'm looking for somewhere to mount the muffler