I looked at every picture, most people would said you usually get what you pay for, but in this case i don't think you got anywhere near what you paid for. I can not even see how he was going to mount the body, and i've never seen anyone gut a car body without first welding in braces to make sure the body doesn't twist. I don't know how you are going to get the doors and front end to lineup on the body lines. I don't know what you wanted the car to certify to, but i don't think you have enough bars for it to even certify to 8.50. I don't know what kind of shop he has but the tubing looks like it layed outside the way it is rusted. We have tubing in the machine shop i work at in Ms. for yrs. and it's not rusted. I redid my whole roll cage in my Malibu to get it to certify to 8.50 last yr. and it took me 6 weeks (because i'm and old man 72 now) and it didn't rust before i finished it.
I am trully not surprised at what you got from Mr. Steele and i trully have symphity for you, but you've still got about $3,000.00 worth of work to do.
A couple yrs. ago i bought a complete rectangular tube chassis for my Anglia from A.R.T. with strut mounts,fourlink, and rack and pinion steering including the flaming river rack and pinion and mounts for $1350.00, also a fab 9" housing completely braced with big ford ends for $1050.00. Everything completly welded and beautiful welds, certifiably to 8.50, 7.50 with a few more bars.
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