I finished the front end, as predicted, a week or so ago but forgot the camera so here are the photos. Meanwhile I have been sorting the rear track control arms. I cut the arms off the Fiesta steering rack - fortunately they were not hardened. I then had the inner ends turned down to 12mm and cut a thread onto them so that they will take the bearings that I am no longer using for the rear struts. All this took time as I had to get them turned at work and then await for delivery of an M12 fine die to cut the threads. All I need now are 2 new track rod ends.

Front end

Got around to sorting out the front end today. First I spent some time repositioning the front tubes that had skewed - cutting them off and re-aligning them. It was only about 7mm but well worth the effort to get it all sorted. I then started tacking the front suspension brackets. I had some on but when I touched them, they fell off. I cleaned them up, made sure the metal was really clean and tried again, with the same result. Then I noticed that the welder had been knocked and the switch had gone from ‘A’ to ‘1’, meaning I was using minimum power! Changed settings - sorted. It took a long time to get the brackets on all square. By the end of the afternoon I had one side done and couldn’t resist gently putting it all together! Hopefully the other side should be much easier and be completed in the next day or so.