So here is the crusty rear suspension. I think it is a 4.11/1 rear end ratio which should be good for the 5 speed T5 I will be using.
So we put the chassis on the rotisserie, just kidding, we flopped it over to finish the welding and such on the bottom side.
Here is a detailed shot of the ford rack and pinion steering attached to the Astro van front suspension.
In this shot you can see that we just butted the astro clip up against the body mount and then fishplated everything to beef it up. Yes the students are actually doing all of the work.
So here is the rear end with the rear spring perches removed. We will be fabbing up a 4 bar set up with a panhard bar just like I do with the hot rods and race cars that I build. Except we will used 1 inch square tubing, .125 inch wall thickness, because that is what we have laying around a welding shop. I will machine some solid bungs for the ends for the spherical rod ends to screw into. We might C notch the frame a little bit but it will go low enough for a daily driver I think. The next thing to buy is the rear air bags and then start making the mounts for them.
