After welding in the crossmembers I had to build the close out for the center link from scratch. The reason was that Mark R&Ded the unit on a 70 model which they have a flat straight divider between the trunk and rear seat. The 71 up models are stamped different in this area and have a vapor canister mounted there. Once this was done I mocked up the rear suspension and found that the lower links hit the frame rails before reaching full compression. So after getting a hold of Mark I found out it was designed for the frame to be notched.
It made me a little nervous cutting this large of a section out of the rail at the radius point so I cut a piece of 1/4" steel in the shape of the radius and welded it to the uncut side. It runs from thr top of the radius down to the bottom of the rail and 1 inch past the cut on each side. This should give it plenty of stiffening and support. Also the right angle cut outs were done with 1/8" angle. Once all of this was done I mocked up the rear suspension one last time to check clearances during articulation. I also mocked up the backing plates for the Kore3 kit which adapts C6 Z06 rear brakes with parking brake to the 9" Ford rear.
These parts from Kore3 are absolutely beautiful! CNC machined backing plates and all brackets and hardware are gold cad plate. You CANNOT beat the service from Tobin at Kore3 and the parts are flawless and worth the price in my opinion. As you can see the Strange axles were also mocked up for the measurements to be taken for the wheel backspace. It will be an 18x12 with a 5 5/8 backspace. I narrowed the rear 4" from stock width so the rear would have a deep lip on the wheel for killer looks. I'm using aftermarket Racing Brake brand 2 piece rotors all around for this project and the rears have a cast iron hat instead of aluminum like the front for the parking brake. The drum section on the rear rotors is slightly deeper than stock C6 Z06 so.110 had to be milled from the lip on the backing plates for clearance. If you use stock rotors then Tobins kit is spot on. Luckily I have a friend which I've known since first grade who owns and operates a machine shop so I can use a mill or lathe when I need to.
Tommy