01/30/2024
Since it looks like today is the day the car is getting sold, all my blood sweat and tears to make this 53 way better than the way Rich got it. I completely redesigned the whole rear suspension with all heavier components and materials. The geometry was all wrong, and he kept snapping the 2 link. I made a new 2 link, and added a panhard bar. Last 2 pics show what a hack job it was when it came over to my house. We put in just shy of 2 years of nights when we could get together to make progress on this thing. Another concern was the fuel tank was sitting on the ground when the air was released from the bags. I raised the tank up in the trunk and made a new curb and floor. I had to hand shape panels in the wheel wells to connect the metal to the flat steel for the air bag compressors and tank. I made a pass thru compressor tank drain to empty on the ground. I made mounts for the solenoids to be hidden with all the lines super clean. We then sprayed the whole trunk with textured bed coating to get it looking legit. I was very happy with the end result, and can say it left my hands WAY better than when I got to it. Off to the pasture she drives. #53