MICK’S FIVE STAR WORKSHOP
MICK MCCRUDDEN
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GREETINGS TAX-DODGERS
You might recall we’re in the throes of building up a monster Monaro – a custom job for Tom Georgas. To recap, it’s a 1971 HG GTS that’s been in the family a long time and is now undergoing a fairly high-end build. That includes a big engine – actually a Rambler Hornet 400 stroked to 427 – Turbo 350 transmission and lots more.
The front end is getting a McDonald Brothers Racing front end with coil overs plus rack and pinion steering. Hanging off the end of that set up is a nice set of Wilwood brakes. We had a trial fitment of the front end last time we looked at this car (issue 438) and it all went pretty smoothly.
For the rear, we’re going with a 9-inch TrueTrac diff, retaining leaf springs
This time, the mission was to do a test-fit of the diff and axle housing. As they say in the classics, you measure twice and cut once. Though given how tight the tolerances need to be, I reckon we measured at least half a dozen times, particularly given we were sizing it all up for wheels as part of the package.
