my buddy cut down a truck pan for me and we welded the pickup tube with my mig!

pics of the cut pan and actually the difference between em!

mig welded pickup tube and some shots of my rear wheel with a better camera

8.8 rear installed and some other fun

boxed the control arms, new welder is awesome, 8.8 installed with help from Corey O'Brien and test fitted a wheel, getting some used 255/60/15s mounted this week to drop it on the ground, i have to replace all the brake lines, none of the bitches survived lol, better get a newer disk brake master cylinder while im at it. pretty exciting!

correct shanks spacers and filling holes in firewall etc

got the correct size wheel spacers once i double checked them and the shanks for all 4 corners all i need to do is put in extended studs to be tech legal, but everything fits and doesnt rub now, just have to pull a hub for the drivers side and i can even put the car on the ground. Also started plasma cutting the inner fenders out, since i will be doing that anyway and using the spare pieces to seal up the larger holes in the firewall. keeping that patina...

front end mostly together on the fairmont

ran into some issues with trying to put on larger brakes my friend gave me with no spindles, so i ended up pulling 02 mustang GT front spindles brakes etc, twin piston alum calipers are way lighter than the steel ones, also more braking power, they push the wheel out a little bit but should still fit under the fender no problem.

also shows my billet specialties front runners

i got a bunch done after work today

i swapped out the 5 lug moser 31 spline axles and installed 4 lug 31 splines so i could install the stock 10 hole wheels, wich i have spares for also, wich i love... so happy to have them back ahha

neat note, you can put the 4 lug drums from the 7.5 inch rear, right on the 8.8 rear, they are the same thing.

also installed the sumped factory tank, my friend mike did a great job.

i also bled the brakes as good as i could by myself.

rims tires and brakes bled!

bled the brakes today and installed a friends rims and tires that fit 5x ford pattern, hopefully driveshaft is done tomorrow and we try this thing out.