"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

I dug out one of the parking brake cables to see if it would fit in the tube on the pan and clear the inner mount for the trailing arm...and the answer is: No. No, it doesn't clear the trailing arm mount.

This will get added to the list of things to fix on the pan before it gets painted again and the body is more permanently mounted to the pan.

It's not ideal but it's not really a large problem.

In preparation for the next phase, I dug out the parts and organized it so I can get a look at what I've got and see if I can figure out how it all goes together.

I found the two spacers that I bought from CSP over a year ago - I'd completely forgotten that I bought them.  A nice surprise.

I'll see if I can figure out where to mount the oil cooler and get the lines figured out...that'll allow me to keep moving forward with the rear end.

The faster I get this figured out, the faster I can take it apart and fix the janky shit.