Working in Rhino again, because this is mainly to develop patterns for hand cutting and grinding the brackets, I think (if I decide to have them laser cut the same CAD files will work), I finally have the front suspension sorted out.
At the same time, I also finally settled on a plan for headlights. Those tiny little pivoting balls in the front upper control arm brackets are the headlights!
They'll be fitted with really powerful LEDs, and will hopefully provide enough light to at least get off the road until dawn.
A couple full mock-up poses - please disregard the fact that the CV joints and upper control arm mounts try to occupy the same space, that will be corrected with longer axles, c-notched upper plates, and a really trick chain-driven differential.
We also have a new intern. She showed up at my office door yesterday evening and asked if she could join in on the fun, then hit the ground running by working on the center holes for the brake and clutch master cylinder mount. I measured, she did the CAD model for a template to guide the plasma cutter, she cut and ground until they fit nice and snug.
The first pic is obviously fresh off the plasma.
