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Windshield fit dialed in now I dug out the other glass and new gaskets for a test fit. On to fixing the other body dents and then paint . The curves are a challenge under the windshield.j

Windshield fit fine tuning is close to complete(lots of grinding to go) then on with the rest of the body work. It is road legal and insured now as motivation for myself to finish it this summer.

Finally weighed the thing and it is 6,989 lbs in its current state. So out went the load E tires and bullet hole rims that were only rated to 3,000 lbs . In came the load F rated tires and slot mag rims rated to 3,700 lbs each. I think the tread is a little less aggressive than the prior tires...

That is a good point but there is very little side force on the air bags and link bars. All of that force is in the panhard bar. I will see if I have the room to put in some gussets. Overbuilt is always better than broken.

Also finally squeezed in the bilsteins that have been on the shelf long enough. It took a little odd mounts to get them to clear the links, bags and brake lines. I also grabbed up a sprinter 1.125" rear sway bar to squeeze under there, one bar in the front and one bar in the rear somehow.

Changed out the old Minneapolis Moline low pressure single acting cylinder for a modern 3,000 psi double acting one and a new double acting pump to go along with it. Nice not to have the leaks anymore.

Finally fit the windshield and it fits Lots of welding pays off

Here is some information on the slam re-8 bags I chose to use. Internal bump stops are a great feature on air bags when space is limited .

It is set up to drive with zero air if it has to. The firestone and slam air bags have the bump stops built into the insides. The same length arms are for maintaining pinion angle as the suspension cycles. It isn’t planned to be a rock crawler just comfortable on dirt roads and mild two...

The firestones had 5 inches of travel shown in the pictures . The new slam bags have close to 10 inches of travel

Running a air ride manifold for each corner control.

Mounted two 2.5 gallon tanks for air reserve.

Changed from the Firestone bags to slam specialties ss-8 for more load capacity.

It is still in progress , just now with cushy 4 link from and rear with air ride and bilstein 5100 shocks.

Well call me nuts but parallel 4 link front and rear with air bags sounded like a good idea to add to the FC build up. It has to ride better than the 9 leaf front and 11 leaf rear packs . 2'' square tubing with 0.25 wall 36" long should hold up to about anything. Grease able poly...