That's great, you've not only achieved a practical solution but one that is visually interesting.

Not only a builder, but a teacher as tell. You are top notch in my book!

Out of a dozen channels I watch of guys building hot rods you are one of them that really shows us how to build one. Thank you for that. I love how you work with what you got instead of buying everything. Keep it up.

I learned something today! 59 years I never seen the clamping of 2 squares. Thank you.

Another good solution on another good video ! The more we watch the more we learn.

Most enjoyable and worth every moment, Thanks to you Div.

I want to thank you for the way you explain all this stuff. I feel like I’m learning a lot of answers to questions that I had in my mind from seeing these things on other builds. It’s really giving me better clarity. Maybe you should rename the channel to “Rat Rods For Dummies”. 😂😂😂 Very cool build. I’m enjoying every minute. 👍🏻👍🏻‼️

I think your re-design of the bracket is spot on . I know you can do it , but if you ever have rear gear trouble , you'll be at it longer now lol 😊 great job !!!!!!

Wow Diff , Thank You for all the trouble you go through to make this video ! The model , everything is a lot of work ! You are a genius !! 🙂

Brother, it is a joy to see basic hand tools used by a true craftsman. An imagination plus precision x craftsmanship = Dif's Rat Rods ! Mike.

If i ever ran a class in ANY kind of fabrication, your channel would be required watching. Another great episode my friend! Thanks, as always, for sharing all the hard work with us. 😊👍👍

Hi Diff thank you for the Monday morning class. Lesson learned. Now I'm ready to take on the new week. Have a lekka day and thanks for sharing your content. Take care boet.

Coming along nicely Div. Well done. Thank you for sharing.

Friend, I have learned more about automotive suspension from you than in 4 years of shop class in high school. Kids today should be watching, because they don't teach shop anymore.

I really love your videos. You have an unassuming manner and some very sound "forest engineering". I'm sure these videos are a big distraction and represent a huge time commitment. Please keep it up. I find inspiration to get out into the shop when I watch you!

You have skills my friend!I love how you explain in layman's terms what you're building as you are building it and how it will work.Cheers!

We really enjoy your build projects. You do a good job of explaining the mechanics of the suspension travel and axel movement, both desired and undesired. As well as the options available. I like your custom build style, wherein you also make the extra effort to make functional look cool as well as function as intended. I am glad we found your channel sometime ago and look forward to more. Thank you.

Hello Div, you are a true artist and engineer. This link set up is really cool. Keep up the excellent work. Take care my friend and stay safe. 👍👍👍

Thank you for the class in building the suspension system on that truck. Looking really good.

Again a fabulous demo Diff... The old models you have around to instruct people with, makes me wonder if you were an educational instructor, at some point... you certainly have that knack for teaching... your engineering looks to also have a fair bit of an education behind it... some stuff you can learn through trial and terror, but the Maths you use... that takes an education. Love the extra detail on the Bell Crank arms... rounding off the ends wasn't enough, you had to taper them... very cool.

Your demonstration models are great. I've seen diagrams of Watts linkages before, but never fully understood them. Now I at least know how they work. Thank you.

My latest favourite you tube channel. Very nicely explained and a great project.

YOUR AIR RIDE SYSTER IS KILLER LOVE IT

Damn Div, even your brackets are works of art. You are a helluva fabricator brother. 😎👍🤘🔥🔥🔥

I actually spotted the issue you were going to have. The solution you came up with was great. I can't wait to see it finished.

Diff die "Onderwyser" De Villiers. Thanks for the another great tutorial ou Boet.

You are always very educational and the man Diff (LAYBACK LENNY ) from Florida keep pushin on

Good recovery brother 👍🏻 and thx for having us all alone with you in your work shop ✌🏻we love it 🤜🏻🤛🏻

Div, I enjoyed the build in this video. I made a mistake on a porch that was built in 1980 by someone, became spongy. Being the man of the house, it is my job to bleed & after cutting thru 6 boards leaving the last on attached, I move tools, stepped on it and fell 1/2 a meter. Two large nails were not afraid of me and tore 5cm X 8cm patch of skin off my shin. My pride was torn, just like my shin meat. I looked long and hard for a non-existent drawing board in the employee rest room and everywhere in the Forest Engineering Room and settled down to just settle & sit. It worked! The sitting part only. This will slow down the loss of brain cells, but the "Watts" link is an interesting engineering design for those with large straight axle designs. So if driving serious off road or "Bagged" suspension like your Hudson, Isuzu and Ford W/C4 build model (HIFC4) Great progress coming along well, bit by bit. I am confident that ideas will come out of the forest engineering room. Well, pretty sure! Have a good one! DK

Very good work around for the project in the end and kept most of the material and more importantly the time it takes to make all those pieces! Good stuff!

Nice result and a great recovery. Thanks Div.

Your videos are getting way better camera work and music wise the rest is just great I love it keep them rolling

Hi Div, awsome video and neat work as always. Full score to you. This is a awsome build, I love the style and detail you put into this Hudson.

Education and entertainment, plus we get to see a rat rod being built in the process. Too bad I can't give you two thumbs up.

Div it is coming along very well there so far. Very nice job explaining and breaking down everything. Thanks so much. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God Bless.

I'm so glad I found your channel man, you really are a great teacher. thanks you

Hell yeah! right on time! Getting ready to do this myself. Awesome vid Duff! Stay safe!

Necessity is the mother of invention. Good job amigo! I knew you would figure it out.

I really enjoy watching the process and how your brain works. Fascinating !!

You are totally amazing, thanks for the Great Video, very enjoyable and entertaining!

Awesome morning brother great to see you again another awesome adventure with my brother from another country great engineering brother !! Have a lekka one and say hi to everyone for me

Thank you for today's valuable lesson.

Love how you think outside of the box my friend. Always a pleasure watching you work. 🫡🤙🏻

8:00-8:20 Triangulated 4 link. (It's great for offroad mainly) 8:21 Lateral 4 link 'Watt's Link. (Street use, burn outs, cornering) Totally agree the BEST USE in the bagged Rat rod! 26:00 You might want to add a lower mounting brace from the differential to the Z link bell crank bracket. This could prevent your two upper mounting points from breaking. I love all the explanation in your videos.

Thanks for another Sunday matinee Div! I look forward to it all week...peace🍺

Yep sometimes u need to take a break n gather your self but I can't wait to see how this turns out keep up the good work Mr Duff I think she will b cool 👍👍👍👍👍

Love ya work Diff. your attention for detail is so particular and making up models to explain your methods is fantastic. The models are built to a great standard as well. You're a bloody machine Man. Enjoy the rest of day off.

Another good explanation and nicely built.

Damn I love the way you do lay up. Streamlined.

I gotta say again... Great Channel. I enjoy your work and how you get it done! Aloha!!

Being original is always more work than following the pack, its a v.neat contraption indeed!

Mates in the States! Merch! Muy Lekka mate!

Nice recovery Div 😂 that was the plan from the beginning 😎

one hell of a good teacher!!

Looking forward to the next video, it's an enjoyment for me in mental ping pong and I hope I don't lose the balls.

Looks great. I'm sure it will do what you want. Thanks for the video.👍

Very very nice man here from New Orleans la thanks 🙏👍😎

Great job. Greetings from the USA

That forest engineering office is very handy to have, still understand what your doing by the way you explain. Have a lekka one Div, the rat is looking great

Another excellent video Diff . Very informative info once again !

Awesome Diff, thank you man.

Love the wood aided designs. Saves alot of metal mistakes.

Div once again i salute you Sir.. i love coming here.. cheers

Duff, I'm not a welder or a builder but like others say; your explanations (and techniques) make it easy for me to follow your ideas. You show that even if you don't have sophisticated equipment building can still be done with ingenuity and creativity. TY for a great build.

good engineering Dif and great recovery after making a mistake

Excellent explanation of the different systems.

You're New Name is... Johnny Fandangle. Keep Up the Great Work... Brother

Hell yeah my brother thank you for taking the time to explain in detail..

Looking good my friend!! Keep it up!!!!👍👍👍

It's going to be really cool !!! Snazzy !!!

Thinking is hard on the brain 🧠

you are correct anybody can screw up but not anybody can fix a screw up its looking great

Wat nou goed sou wees as jy die be planing die vorige and sou doen en dit soos n seeping elke dag kon aanbied. Iets soos Bad Chad op you tube doen. Hou van die engineering selfs die musiek is fantasies. Geniet elke episode van jou

Came out really nice, awesome work my friend 👍

You know what they say you gotta pay the cost to be the boss😊

Great video! Thanks. Totally agree about making use of your mistakes!

AHA! now I know what You meant previously with A Watts link. I did not had any imagination of that. learned something again today, thanks so much Diff. fior all the explanations and P.A.D. visualisation Mock-ups. You should be a skool onderwyser in die praktyk.

Minor design adjustments happen all the time with fabricated parts, good solution for that one, this set up should work just fine a little overengineering is always good I remember when Ford Falcons went to a Watts linkage and broken links were a common sight, Yes that Salisbury diff went into Holden sedans with trailing link suspension, Nice job Div.

Looking Good Dif! It has given me a few ideas for a possible Watts link for my project. Bart

I think you worked out a great solution for it, looks great Div and I can't wait to see the bars in place

Great Vid, Diff! I love the design!

brillant fabriction work i love watching you diff building it from bits and bobs great maths and showing how to arrive at that measurement have a good ond og see you next time thank you

It’s coming along nicely 👍👍

Dif, your screw ups are better than most peoples genius !!!

Good to see you buddy

Very nice 👍 very nice

Awesome work DIFF you do impressive work pal

Another fine video my friend!

Thanks for the education. Cool

Hey Diff, thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise! Great to see that others also have to go back and re-design as sometimes organic design doesn't quite work out. ;) Keep up the great content and know that there are a few of us in NZ who look forward to your updates. Cheers fella!

Hahaha im a body and paint fella myself. I was told by an old timer once. (It’s not if !! It’s wen you screw up) the defense between a hood body man and a bad one is what you do next! Haha and yes take the rest of the day off with pay hahah . GOOD WORK MAN !

Thank you.. you are gifted..

Mini Spool love your work you explain it and then make it keep up the good work

Fine piece of carrying on!

That looks so cool shit happens when designing you figured it out good luck with the rest of the build see ya on the next one 😊

nice one DIV, still looking lekka man, every problem as a solution, !

Mooi model en verduideliking Still💯with this build kustom rock hudson rat rod

Tankyou❤

Great explanation on the way it all works. Love the visual model

Age and experience wins over youth and exuberance. Man you must have seen some fabricating applications in your time, as you describe what you want to achieve and then come up with the final product complete with speed holes and gusts. Lekker boet.