I've been working on building a rear crossmember for a Land Rover Series 2A. I need to add the grab handle holes, a couple of other drain holes, and then gusset the rear section where the hitch mount comes through. Other than that, I think I'm looking pretty good. I had the outer sections to work from, but they were pretty rusty. It was enough to give me the dimensions I needed though. I pulled those dimensions into CAD and tried to cross reference some existing CAD drawings I had found of Land Rover rear crossmembers. They just didn't match, so I ended up building my own from the dimensions I took of my tub floor and the mounting strap hole locations. I then built a CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) version so I could confirm the inner bracing and all the details. Then I went back to my CAD model and made the necessary adjustments. I know I could probably buy one of these for a couple hundred bucks, but this would dip into the family budget and I have plenty of steel. Besides I've heard online that the reproduction ones are thin or they don't fit right. This will end up being a one to one version and I'll use the stock thickness of steel. I think it should end up fitting better if I just build it from scratch.
I've had a couple snow days so it kept me from getting into trouble in between shoveling the driveway.
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