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Awesome work! Giving me more ideas....

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Morning chaps, a bit more of an update for you.. Drop links and the connecting rod thingy fully welded up.. I decided that "strong and functional" was the look the connecting rod thingy should have.. As it won't be seen under all the panels, I didn't think there was any need to make it look really nice. The pivoting arm thingy slowly being welded up a little at a time to stop it getting to hot and bit moving due to the heat. Painted bit's everywhere.. A bit of handling with dirty hand will take the freshly painted look away and make the parts blend in a bit with the rest of the GT Which leaves just the roll bar and the lower arm mounting bracket to tidy up and make strong. Way too much time was spent trying to work out the best way to strengthen the bracket!!!! In the end I thought it would be easier to start from scratch and make something a little stronger, so I dug out this thick wall box that I had bought for the 6x6's dozer blade. Four short bits of box. The two on the right are slightly shorter than the two on the left.. So when I sliced the shorter ones up to fit into the larger ones I had a nice edge to get strong welds onto. A close up of the groove I had to cut to clear the manufacturing weld/ridge thingy. All clamped up and ready for welding.. All welding has been done on the new bracket and I have started the long winded process of chain drilling and filing the holes to take the lower arm pins... But as it's all very boring stuff I've not taken any photo's of it..

I've got the weekend off now so we will be there with the Gem!