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I have been hard at work on the front end my 1941 Ply street rod. This is not really “off topic” as I have figured out the front clip is a 1964-1976 Plymouth Valiant. The disc brakes have been adapted from a 1976 Volare. At first I started out to just replace the upper A frame bushings but it has snowed balled into completely re-bushing the entire front end. This includes the upper A frame, LCA, strut rod bushings, shocks and new torsion bars. All of the ball joints, tie rod ends, etc. are good. I have been pleasantly surprised that all the parts are available from Moog and I have them all in hand now. This weekend I will be at my friends Rod Shop using his press to install the bushings. I decided to replace the torsion bars as I did not feel they are big enough. I removed .850’s. They were rated for a /6 w/air and a 318 wo/air. I am running a LA318 w/air. I also figure the sedan delivery itself may be heavier. I am replacing them with .920. I hope to pick up the front end a couple of inches. I had to purchase a Mopar torsion bar remover tool. When I did my 2 1965 Satellites I was able to make them out of wood as per one of the tech guides at our site. I did not have enough room to work with the wood ones under my 41. Hopefully everything will be back together soon and I can get to the front end shop for alignment next week. Ollie -- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. |
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