[GTB 351]

I did a bit of work on the GT today with the help of the Marshman.

ITS OUT WITH THE OLD!





AND IN WITH THE NEW!





We spent a lot of time getting the pinion angle right and getting the diff central. I would have put the saddles an equal distance in from the hubs on both sides but Marshy wanted it on the ground with the wheels on and lots of measuring. He said its pretty normal for the panels and chassis to be out by 10mm or more on cars from this era. Lo and behold getting the wheels central in each wheel well yielded some measurements I wouldnt have expected: saddles a few mm different on each side and the lhs wheel has more clearance between both the spring and rear quarter than the rhs.
Marshy makes a lot of rollcages and says that if he makes them perfectly square (which he mostly does) that the gaps between the cage mount and the sides of the car will be all over the place.















Saddles tacked and tomorrow we will work on the top bars. Thinking about making them adjustable and leaving the factory ones on the old diff.