so while out on a field trip collecting parts today (thanks gary
) i saw at my next stop a front clip sat in the back of a 70's dodge truck with a matching rear axle too. turns out their from said truck as it's getting a jag ifs and a blazer 10 bolt rear axle all on air. oh and to complete the Bananarama! a small block chevy too, lol.but i digress..... i said ''what's happening with those axles mate?'' and he (john) said ''they're going in the skip, why?'' oooh! so the upshot is i'll be putting them (at least the front clip anyway) onto the cresta. i won't use the truck's coil springs or shocks as they'll be too hard so some coilovers bought as luck would have it at the swapmeet this year will be pressed into service and a steering rack of some description instead of the truck's box. if the truck's rear axle isn't too wide (i can narrow the front crossmember that end) it'll be used to a) keep the pcd the same and b) allow me to keep the mk2 jag with jensen interceptor lsd axle for another day.
do i like to complicate things or what? nah! just make the best use of what's available.
neil.
