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Rear suspension is all done and tack welded in place. I will finish welding what I can get to then turn the to the other side and cut away the old unibody on that side and get the last of the welding done. With all…

Today I welded up some bracing to attach the body to the new structure. Once that was in place I started cutting away the old unibody sections. I have a lot more to cut away and I will have to turn the car up the other way to complete it. It will have very little left of the stock unibody, other than the inner suspension mount brackets there will be no sign of the factory stuff.

Got the new suspension mounts started now. I still need to go through and cut a lot of the old stuff away and weld on some extra bracing but it is basically done. Next is to build new shock tower mounts then I can cut…

Didn't get much time to work on the car this weekend so I only got one thing really accomplished. The rear bumper was cut away and a new main frame rail was tack welded in place. Next thing to do is replace the crossmember that…

The XFi model metro was made from 91-94. So actually finding one does not guarantee it is still an XFi in anything other than name.

Was a bit cold today to get much done. I cut the trunk floor out and exposed the suspension mounts so I could figure out how to attach the new frame. The way these cars are built is terrible. There are so many places for…

I put the car back on it's wheels and started making the roll bar. The main hoop was a complicated thing to make since it had some complicated bends in it to make it fit under the top and not hit the head of anyone…

I completed the drivers side the same as the passenger side. It was much faster doing it the second time. After doing that it was time to move on and tie the sides together. The rear was easy, it was just weld a straight section…

I finished welding up the passenger side main frame rail. I put a bit of primer on the bare metal to protect it from rust. I then turned the car around and turned it up on it's other side so I could get at the…

Today I started building the new frame for the car. I am building the main structure out of 1.9" diameter 0.130 walled tube. I bent and made the rail for one side and have it tack welded in place.