after getting the rear out and all of the brackets, I took some time to clean up the frame. wire wheeled the whole thing and it looks pretty good. here are some shots from that whole process.
my daughter wanted to help, so i handed her the wire brush while i took a Mt Dew break.
Made some progress on the whole height issue...
And here's the broken bracket i was talking about.
Like i said, i just have flux core wire right now, and these will never be seen, so i was pretty quick with it.
here's my try at hiding my bed and clip from the neighbors...
And the clean garage before i messed it up again cleaning the engine.