Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread

So in order to mount this thing flush with the floor it was going to need some sort of cage to hold it. Using 1.25” square tubing, which I had left over from another project, I got started. First was tacking in two cross braces between the rear frame rails. I tied the front tube into the sheet metal stamping which makes up the upper shock mount and the rear tube into two little brackets which support the floor pan at the tail light panel (arrows). Then using the cell as a template I made a tight fitting cage for it but left enough wiggle room for some thin padding material to be inserted where the cage supports the cell. This was tacked into position between the cross braces. All these tubes were set at the same level as the top of the frame rails so when the floor is re-skinned everything would be level.

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