Making great progress. Here we are mocking up the rear subframe mounting.

I went down to Harbor Freight, and got 8 6-inch C clamps, which was just about enough.

1. Here is are the cut marks all marked out. The line across the spring bump stop is axle center line.		2. All marked out from the back.
3. The cuts mostly cut out. I used the sawzall for the areas that were boxed in after most of the cuts were made.		4. I still get that butterfly feeling in my stomach when I cut into my nice car that I like....
5. Here is how my dad and I attached the tubes for the temporary set up mounts..		6. Here is the subframe. It is spaced 1 inch off the bottom of the car, which is how much it has to hang down for proper ride height.
7. From the back. It is centered up using measurements, and lined up to axle centerline.		8. Here is how it will sit in the car. It doesn't take up too much interior room, or trunk space.
9. From the side. A little more cutting for frame clearance will follow, but it looks good.		10. It may look intrusive, but it only sticks 2.5 inches into the flat truck floor area.
11. From the front. It doesn't take too much interior space.		12. A shot from above. I was going to do some image editing to show where the additional frame pieces were going to go, but not tonight.
13. It only sits 2.5 inches above the old parcel shelf area. Not too bad.		14. It may only stick 2.5 inches into the trunk, but it sticks 6.5 inches up in that area.

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