here's a good shot of the gearbox sterngthing plate, we milled it out of a 12mm plate so we could leave a 6mm edge to aid with welding and leave a 12mm rib, but that was overkill and due to a crippling Milling machine addiction, a simple 6mm plate would have been fine

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Some more pics of the front strut mount to follow
cheers