by Clint Dixon
These drawings were created to help me put together a complete Monroe Lift for my Power-Wagon. By reverse engineering and modeling the rear of my truck as well as my Monroe parts I scaled detailed vintage Chrysler photographs to get a rough idea of the required parts together in the software. From there, I kept tweaking the part models that represented those that I did not already have in order to assure that they appeared as shown in the photographs, but more importantly, to allow the entire virtual lift assembly to not only work within, but to slightly surpass the Category I working parameters where possible. When I was satisfied, and once I had created a full set of engineering drawings from my models, I contracted with a local machine shop to start machining parts that I needed in order to complete a lift for the back of my truck. For more background information, click here.