Welding The Chassis

The first chassis leg is now welded into place. Before this, the chassis piece was measured, cut and then drilled for the spot welds. The spot welds were first measured off the existing chassis to ensure that all the spot welds are positioned in the exact same places as they were from the factory.

In the pic below, the rear chassis leg is offered into place with the closing panel that Carl fabricated. All these are dummy fitted first to ensure everything is perfect before welding:

The spot weld holes are marked in place before drilling after carefully measuring these against the position of original factory ones.

Rear chassis leg and closing panel now in place. The rear cross member is offered up to check the fit.