My 71 Maverick Grabber Build.....

Very nice! That's the way I'm doing mine, I'm not a fan of seeing them hang down under the car.

 

Well the way I am doing this it not only raises the connector so it is less visable, they will make it much stronger then just welding them in as they came(like I mentioned above I also need some extra room in the rear to clear my Cal-Trac's)..... For one I am increasing the weld are considerable in the rear and some in the front, but the key in the rear is it will now tie two different sections of the rear torque box and the rear frame together with more then just spot welds..... Putting it through the floor and welding to those areas does increase strength being that the floor itself is a big part in the structure of a unibody design.....

Not to mention you haven't seen everthing I am going to add yet..... Stay tuned for more.....

I think you get it a little better.....

I probably should have just made them in my case with deciding to go through the floor, but I purchase these because they wern't very expensive and figured I could easily modify them if necessary.....

Thanks and I definately don't like them hanging down too low either.....

 

Years ago, they tubbed a Maverick in Hot Rod magazine, they slotted the floors where the rear rails went, so the extensions were half above and half below the floors, I always like the way it looked.

 

I finished fitting the driver side connector this morning and welded it in.....

 

Very Nice

There's an interesting article in this month's Muscle Car Review about "silhouette-cut" subframe connectors done by U.S. Car Tool. I think they mostly do Mopars though. Sure would be nice they were made for our cars.

 

Frank, your work is awesome, I look forward to seeing whats next.

 

Man that looks like it came from the factory. It looks better than if it came from factory. I assume u have several restorations in the past.

 

Thanks.....

Thanks.....

and thank you too.....

Yes I have built quite a few cars in the past.....

Here's a few I have pic's handy on.....

 

I added a piece of 1"x 2" from the connector out to the rocker right along the front plate of the torque box..... I also started to fit the 1/8" floor plate for the roll bar, but it looks like I can't finish it until I get the floor sheetmetal in..... So next I started to fit the pass side connector..... Got the floor marked and cut to clear the connector.....

 

Had a side job to knock out Wed morning, but I did still manage to get the pass side connector close to where it needs to be..... A little more trimming in the morning and i will be able to weld it in.....

 

I got the pass side connector fitted and welded in this morning.....

The weld on the outside rear of this connector doesn't look very good(you can see it in the last pic), had problems with the same weld on the driver side..... For one I pretty much suck at welding upside down and then you add a bunch of galvanize or other metal treatment it just adds to the problem..... I am going to have to roll the car up on it's side and fix these.....

 

What's wrong w/ those welds? The most of them look OK to me. The only one I see that may need some attention is the last pic near the leaf spring mount. It's kind of hard to tell the way the light is reflecting from it.

 

pffffttt ... his upside-down welds look like my right-side-up ones ...

 

My thoughts exactly!

 

The last pic is the one I am talking about..... IMO it pretty much sucks, altough it will probably hold fine.....

I am just not sure how to respond to this.....