Mechanics assembly - part #1, batteries' basket, suspension blades and electric motor

So far I've been posting on the disassembly and restoration of several parts. Piece by piece, it went down to almost nothing attached to the chassis... 
Over the last few days the painted parts just layed out for a proper drying and curing while I was out in a short business trip. Now that I finally got back home (and rested for a couple days to recover from some late working) I'm more that ready and well in shape! From now on things get a little more fun with the (huge) task of getting everything back in place!

I start by putting in place the batteries' basket. This is easily done if the chassis is high enough to pass the basket underneath it. Then I used M8 stainless steel (A4 grade) nuts and pressure washers to secure it to chassis. The nuts should be screwed evenly and in an alternate fashion, allowing the batteries' basket to center itself. One should be careful when applying the final tightening torque, since a damaged thread cannot be recovered and the screw is part of the chassis! 
When the done it looks like this:
It may not look that impressive by itself, but when looking at a "then and now" photos comparison it gets much more interesting :
Surely a pleasure to the eyes seeing such change! 

Next step is to install the suspension blades on both sides and the vertical support of the brakes and shocks mounting. I also install the support bushes and the stabilization bar. All summed it looks like in the following picture

The electric motor goes next, has this is fundamental to proceed with the rest of rear end mechanics (brakes, suspension, etc...). I inserted the electric motor along with the rear axle from the top of side, finally fitting it with a new rubber bush, fixation screw and self-locking nut. 

Here's our it looks like in place compared with the original condition:

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