After 2 months and lots of chasing my crossmember turned up !
Rotten.
New one fitted, quite happy with it,
Spent today ripping off all the rear suspension that looks to have been on there since new bar the rear shocks.
Tomorrow im expecting shiny shiny - although nothing can be fitted till after i give it wire brush and 2 or 3 coats of tetrosyl, thts tomorrows job.
Got a big order of stuff coming from yrm for the tub , cab and bulkhead.
Got +11 pin x pin shocks and dropped forward pin shock mounts , hook dislocation cones , full spring clamps and galvy spring seats. From gwyn lewis.
+2 bearmach springs and superpro polybushes from island 4x4
Need to look into cranked trailing arms - and possibly a wide angle prop.
Had a bit of an identity crisis buying bits for this this , it started life as i wanted to build a fairly original looking v8 winter road car, realisticlly its going to be used for winter driving and rtv trials so went with traction/articulation over road handling
Going to be a slow build anyway - work offshore so dont get to spend loads of time at once on it