Deconstruction: the chassis

With almost all of the interior, exterior and motorbay done, the chassis was next. In the last post you have already seen that the front axle is removed, which was not that hard. The rear axle, on the other hand, proved to be a different story.

Most of the rear axle could, with some force and WD40, be removed. Not to easy, but ok for stuff that has been on the bottom of a car for about 40 years. But ofcourse, like always, one bolt of one of the supportarms was stuck. No movement, not after soaking in WD40 and oil, not after heating, hamering, whatever. Nothing. I really take everything of in on piece, not cutting up parts. But at this point I had to take my angle grinder and cut through the rubber to cut the bolt on both sides. It cost me 2 blades, 1 hammer and about 7 hours in total.

After this most of it was quit easy. The panhard attachment to the body was a bit hard to losen, but got easier when the car was in the bridge and I could acces it easier.

I also wanted to take the front axle apart. Ofcourse also one very conservative bolt on a wishbone that rejected any change. When I think of it now, I still think is somewhere just like this:

At this point the body is ready to put in the bridge. Finally!