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Removing front clip on 60 Fury
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Eddies60
Posted 2017-11-07 9:54 PM (#551825)
Subject: Removing front clip on 60 Fury


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I have the motor out getting rebuilt. I thought I would detail and restore the engine bay while I am at it.

Does it make any sense to remove the whole clip and strip and paint and detail the bay? I wasn't going to do the outside of the car. it is nice and old and weathered well.

I was thinking if I took it apart, I would have a lot easier time refitting the motor and I could get the bay and frame and suspension perfect.

I guess, would a dismantle be quicker than working around everything in place? It would certainly come out looking better.
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mikes2nd
Posted 2017-11-08 1:00 AM (#551830 - in reply to #551825)
Subject: Re: Removing front clip on 60 Fury


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yes definitely!
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ttotired
Posted 2017-11-08 3:14 AM (#551832 - in reply to #551825)
Subject: Re: Removing front clip on 60 Fury



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Using the 60 Plymouth w/shop manual, I did this to my dodge



(dodge front clip 046 small.JPG)



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finsruskw
Posted 2017-11-08 8:13 AM (#551837 - in reply to #551825)
Subject: Re: Removing front clip on 60 Fury


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In a word....YES!!
That is unless you go this route...
Drop the stub frame and steering, and restore it along w/the firewall,
install the engine into the stub frame, install the front clip on the body as an assembly,
then jack the frame/engine package up into/under the body as was done in the factory.
We did this to our F a few years back.
I had hoped to include pictures but for some odd reason cannot get them resized small enough to up-load to this site.



Edited by finsruskw 2017-11-08 8:36 AM
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Eddies60
Posted 2017-11-09 1:37 PM (#551918 - in reply to #551832)
Subject: Re: Removing front clip on 60 Fury


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ttotired - 2017-11-08 3:14 AM

Using the 60 Plymouth w/shop manual, I did this to my dodge


Curious, why all in one piece? Easier? I figured it would come off a piece at a time.
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Eddies60
Posted 2017-11-09 1:39 PM (#551919 - in reply to #551837)
Subject: Re: Removing front clip on 60 Fury


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finsruskw - 2017-11-08 8:13 AM

In a word....YES!!
That is unless you go this route...
Drop the stub frame and steering, and restore it along w/the firewall,
install the engine into the stub frame, install the front clip on the body as an assembly,
then jack the frame/engine package up into/under the body as was done in the factory.
We did this to our F a few years back.
I had hoped to include pictures but for some odd reason cannot get them resized small enough to up-load to this site.



Subframe and steering seem well beyond my skill level. I look at those torsion bars and I want nothing to do with them. They I would be into all new body mounts and hunting down hard to find parts.

Is that not pretty extreme work?
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finsruskw
Posted 2017-11-09 7:17 PM (#551941 - in reply to #551919)
Subject: Re: Removing front clip on 60 Fury


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No need to mess w/the bars till you get it on the ground.
Only what, about 8 or 10 bolts, and the whole shebang drops right down in yer lap
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