Been a long while. Was in Colorado then to Tennessee now in NewMexico the last year. I have my 356 here and have been pulling in parts for my air ride. Finally have all and put the 356 on blocks to start work.
Staring with a balljoint beam. Narrowing 3" on this where my Ghia had a 4". Until I sort out my IRS front design I will stick with the beam and air shocks. The used beam exposed some rust once I got cleaning it. So I cut the lower shock towers off, reinforced the tubes and added a stronger upright between the beam. I will pull my old beam, locate the steering head and the stabilizer, clean, paint, assemble and last...install. All will be good here.
Looking at the rear, torsion eliminators, I installed them to egr these pics. I see I'm going to have to adjust my design for a cross bar to incorporate the bags. Kinda shocked to see the subframe on this has never been painted. This will be time consuming to clean what I can and paint with an anti rust paint. But all will be well.
4 gal tank will fit up front with 2-580 compressors. Manual toggle style switches. I used the black plastic ones in the past but they dont fit the cars timeline. Dual needle gauges will let me see my pressures.
The rest of the system will be in soon so I get my fiberglass amp rack, box and under dash enclosure for the front. I dont want speakers in the doors, dont want the wires being run through the door jam.
So, back to the subframe. I have some trim work to do but I think this will lend itself to a nice rollbar idea I have. Come up from the cross beam at the floor, 2 hoops and down the sides of the outer seats to the entry. Should not be too hard to do and safer than nothing.
So much more work to do. But I love this stuff
sooo low! For mine, it was a balance of short shock (to go low) and a longer shock (more travel). Did you extend the shock towers? I didn't see that in the pic of the beam, but maybe?