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The frame being low is a pain to tie into... big, thick side plates is the only real way - how thick do you plan for the red plates, Dan? I probably went overkill, but 1/4-inch thick 3.5x3.5-inch angle survived well a while back against some pretty good hits

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what's your plan for tying those plates into your frame -- does your transplanted steering box allow you to mount securely back along the sides of the rails?

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The side plates in red are 1/4". Originally 3/8", but this was turning into an anchor quick and 3/8" seems rediculously overkill...

In the following pic, the lower tube is welded to the front of the frame rails. It'll have a small gap between it and the front crossmember and I'll add a few stringers between them, and probably overlay the frame/tube joint with some fish plates on top and bottom.

The side plates extend back overlapping about 6" of the frame rail. As far as I can go with the steering box. It's not shown, but I'll try to run some angled braces from the upper tube (middle one in the pic) down and back as far as I can to the top of the frame rails. The plate in this area is about 2" taller than the frame rail so I can run some more braces down from the top of the plates.





I'm actually more worried about the frame rails themselves. They thin down substantially at the front where they arch up. I wish now I would've beefed them up a bit during the SAS or engine swap.

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I mounted my winch separate of the bumper because I was worried about pulling with such force so far away from the frame. I'm looking forward to how you fabricate this Dan. I'm certain you will make it work, and that as always, your work will be sickeningly beautiful.

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I believe yours is mounted through two hitch tubes right? It's been a, uh, well, a *while* since I've seen UZI Thanks for the vote of confidence.

--Dan