Yea...Val. I initially planned to build what I guess would be a Pro Mod. I have a narrowed Dana 60 (41" hub/hub) with Summers Brothers 35 spline shafts and a 4.10 gear. I thought, I need to swing that Dana with a four-link and coil-overs. I also thought well...it would ride and handle better with a Mustang II front-end. So....I purchased that stuff. All the while telling myself I'm going to get all the parts, pieces and plain together before I start so I don't find myself changing in mid-stream. Guess what? Yep! Just like someone hit me with a 2x4. I new that was not what I wanted, what probably will be, my last build to be. I truely loved that little Anglia Gasser. And I know that is the direction I need to go with the Morris. I am now looking another front axle set-up and a Vega box. I picked up some rear leafs, pads and u-bolts the other day from my buddy at the salvage yard. Sorry.......Recycle Facility. I may change my mind on the Dana too. But you know, I've been told all my life, "a wise man's mind changes offen but a d--- fool's mind never changes." So.......I've been looking at the incredible works displayed here-in and my picture of the little Anglia and have decided the rear track probably needs to be wider. And so maybe they want be quite so close after all. Have a great week-end! Robert
I bought a few parts for my Austin that I thought I'd use, and are still gathering dust here. I had a friend who used a Mazda/Courier steering box in his '48 Anglia, so I headed to the junkyard and bought one from an 80's Courier. Didn't work for mine, so it's sitting. Same thing for the rear suspension. I had the axle under it with leaf springs, but it either sat too high below the springs, or too low above the springs. Bought the Comp Engineering ladder bars, and the springs, perches and U bolts are still sitting.
I also cut, modify, or add things as I go along. I find myself looking at things again and again, until it bugs me and I have to change things. Never regretted changing things, but I have wondered why I did it the original way once I decide to make a change!
I still think a plan and checklist is great, but sometimes I vary when it just wont work as planned, or looks better another route.