Build Day 59.....Suspension Brackets and Bushes

Today I started looking at the suspension brackets which will need welded up onto the chassis. The four brackets for the lower front wishbones will be the first to go on, so the first thing to do was to make them up:

Now, the plan was to set up a jig to position the brackets correctly, however first I had a look at the wishbones I’d bought a while ago. These came complete with a set of polyurethane bushes and hear-in lies a problem. The metal inserts for the bushes are too long:

Double checked the brackets and they are the correct size, and fit the wishbone correctly. So, only one thing for it! After some careful grinding:

All fits nicely now: