Link Tower

New pass through link tower with integrated panhard mount. All .250" CRS.

Internal ribs to stiffen up the portals.

Old mount....

Going to need to hit the outer portal with a burr to get a little more clearance.

Been a while!

Back on the Rova now! Got caught up in some other projects and really just didn't have the motivation to work on it. But I'm back now.

Moving the the front shocks back and up on the chassis. This allows me to move the axle forward another 1.5" allowing me to moving the ram back .750" and the still have .750"
of clearance on the harmonic balancer.

Removed the ribs on the hood so it would close too.

That's a pretty good approach angle!!

The down side is the front axle is so far forward that the iconic Rover fenders have to be cut up a lot!

Once everything is suspension wise is done I'll make new skins for the fenders. Waiting on new link brackets for the front axle, rear upper shock mounts too. Should be done at the laser cutters tomorrow.

Nearly ready for powdercoat.....

Swing out tire lower pin. Uses oil lite bushings and a oil lite/graphite thrust washer on the lower. Thinking about a rod end for the upper.




Boxed in rear bumper




Limit strap tabs at the base of the shock tower





Tire carrier and cage gusset




Close shot of the limit strap bracket




Boxed bumper wing





Sway bar mount

Turkey Rover

Put the cage on properly to start with







Finished up the upper link mount







Installed the cargo tray backsides. Had to wait until the body was off so I could finished other welding that this plate blocks







This is the blocked welding




Cage basket mounts for summer when the hardtop is off




Gussets on the rear cage mounts







Not super thrilled about the little tab but it's the best I could do. The body sits fairly close to the tube




Limit strap mounts, again had to finish other welding with the body off before I could mount these







Need to add 1 or 2 gussets to beef these up still

Naked Rover

Finished tacking up the front frame rails. Still need ~10 1.25" pass through tubes but it's getting closer.









Pulled the body off




Cage is just sitting in place



Cage is actually staggered back 2"




Need to gusset the rear cage mounts on the bumper still

Coolant Rez

Not much progress but it's one the last tidbits I needed to finish up before pulling the body to tig up the rest of the frame













Probably add an overflow tank just in case...

Working on a different design for the front upper link. It'll be moved to the passenger side and mount on top of the diff housing. Only issue getting the link long enough. I can squeak out 30" which is about what the lowers are. Trying to make it a little longer to get the pinion to rotate towards the t-case out put at all times... At the end of the day I'm sure I'll be making a compromise in order to get something done.

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Bent up the final version of the panhard bar tonight.




Need to center the axle at ride height still..





Notched the upper link tower. Might be able to make the existing tower work! The only issue is if the clevis/rod end have the bolt facing up it hits the upper link joint.. rotated flat it's fine. But I don't think you can really count on it staying in that orientation.




Very minor notch on the other side