Next… to the lift to mount the car on the ROTO 2000 rotisserie

Transition from floor rollers to the lift. I simply took my wheel/tire rollers and made a wood I-beam to lift and span the frame rails.

Final checks after mounting the car to the rotisserie and the lift supporting the car's weight.

With all safty checks made, the car is rolled back into the garage.

Once the car was all secure to the rotisserie…. We’re ready to start the new front suspension from Total Cost Involved.  We first had to cutout the factory shock towers, sway bar mounts and the strut rod mounts.  I will say this, being able to rotate the car 360 degrees is a wonderful thing!!  I first did a complete power wash with a 3600 psi pressure washer.

With the shock towers, sway bar and strut rod mounts cut out with the plasma cutter, I'm now removing the spot welds that remained.

grinding and general cleanup prepping for welds

Now that the cleanup and grinding is complete, the installing of the front frame rail boxing plates are next, followed by the cross member, coilover shock towers and sway bar mounts.  I plan to do much more reinforcement… more on that later.  I want to note, before welding anything, I removed the floor plan over the frame rails/pan support to verify what we thought…. i.e., to be free of corrosion.  They were absolutely clean and free of rust; what a relief!!

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