Disassembling the subframes on the build table nessesitated unclamping and removing the frame fron the table. this was another one of those little moments. Like your child saying his/her 1st word ( I'm just taking a stab here, as my little girl, although she happily blabs away, has said nothing you would find in an english version of Websters).
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This left a gostly negative on the table.
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Got family out into the garage while I was working on the subframes. I'll have them grinding in no time
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Once the subframes were done it was time to work on the backend of thje frame. This meant making a decission on the direction to go regaring suspension. I have been giving the suspension more thought. Well most (too much
) of my thought, as this is the one area of this build that I have thought, for me, could cause the dreaded paralysis. Frankly, I had always been interested in building the car, and while I look forward to coming up with solutions for other aspects of the build , not so much in designing the suspension. This seems to be the biggest hold up and topic of concern on the board. This is supposed to be fun and not agravating. So, with that in mind and in the interest of keeping up momentum, I am leaning (read- unless someone comes out and say DON'T DO IT, I'm do'in it) towards using Chet's #'s for the front and rear suspension, as the information is there and I see my build as sort of a tribute ( the 'polite and correct' way to say I like what he's done, he's done a great job of documenting it, so I'll use what i can. Thanks Chet
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery). Seems to have worked out well for both Chet and Jack, so I see no need to reinvent the wheel here as mine is not likely to be any rounder. If anyone has insight as to why I should not do this please speak up now. if not, that's the plan. I believe I have gathered up all the measurements and pick up points off the various topics. So before I torched myself I cut most of the rear tubes and fited up the bottom end.
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Ztec7, Carguy123, and Bremms, thanks for the comments and insight. I'll be opening up the drivers footwell as much as posible once the engine is loacated. At leaset my feet havn't gotten significantly larger over the years. I plan on using the miata pedals. I see it has been done. ya now what they say about big feet (and big hands)? Ya, you know it....... could have been a clown
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Ztec, is your box 'book' or were you able to move it closer towards the transmision?
Back at er' in the morning. Yahoo!!
Chris
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). I was looking over top of the grinder to see where i was cutting, so of course I had the grinder orientated so the sparks (sooo maaany sparks) would not be hitting me in the face. I felt the heat of the sparks hittng me when I looked down and saw my shirt erupt into flame (fuzzy cotton). Fortunatley I had my fire retardent jacket, umm, to put the flames out 
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! Its a Millermatic 211. Its sweet, especially when compared to my 110v Powerfist! The first thing I did of course was to build a welding cart. No check that, the 1st thing I did was run a 30A cable from the basement into the garage. Powerrr!!! 
Then I build a welding cart.
