Mike Jadud
St Louis P31
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Here is the first frame brace. It took a lot of tweaking on the front to get it bent just right, however It does fit far better than I ever expected.
The bend is due to the fact that the front of the COE frame is tapered.
Before I can attach it permanently, I need to drill a few more plug weld holes along the front bottom and prep the paint
on the COE frame with weld through primer. I am also kicking around the idea of just bolting it on temporarily
until I get the new engine mount built. That would sure make building the new mount much easier.
I finished building the second gusset plate and I am moving on to mounting the running board brackets.
I drilled holes in the gusset plate, ran flat-head allen bolts from the backside and bolted the brackets to the gusset plate.
Now that I confirmed it fits correctly, I will weld the bolts into the plate and move on to mounting the plates to the frame.
Here is the first frame brace. It took a lot of tweaking on the front to get it bent just right, however It does fit far better than I ever expected.
The bend is due to the fact that the front of the COE frame is tapered.
Before I can attach it permanently, I need to drill a few more plug weld holes along the front bottom and prep the paint
on the COE frame with weld through primer. I am also kicking around the idea of just bolting it on temporarily
until I get the new engine mount built. That would sure make building the new mount much easier.
I finished building the second gusset plate and I am moving on to mounting the running board brackets.
I drilled holes in the gusset plate, ran flat-head allen bolts from the backside and bolted the brackets to the gusset plate.
Now that I confirmed it fits correctly, I will weld the bolts into the plate and move on to mounting the plates to the frame.