If you are going to replace anything, replace everything at the same time. Ultimately, this is the cheapest way to go since you only pay disassembly labor and alignment costs once. Replacing bushings without replacing worn ball joints would not give much increase in handling or ride quality. This is because one worn component in the midst of other new replacements can still cause slack and sloppiness in the entire steering mechanism, and result in less than optimal ride quality. It is safe to assume the 40 year old rubber in all these components is bad or soon will be. So, to restore the impressive ride and handling your car had when new, you would need to do the following: Install new: Upper ball joints lower ball joints upper suspension arm bushings lower suspension arm bushings strut rod bushings sway bar bushings tie rod ends idler arm (or idler arm bushing) KYB shock absorbers, front & rear (Also, depending on your mileage, your steering box may need adjustment or possibly a rebuild.) When installed, proper height adjustment of torsion bars, a good alignment, and 235 x 15 radials at 30lbs of pressure will give impressive gains in the quality of ride & handling, plus elimination of harshness and vibration felt through the steering wheel. Happy motoring, Chris H. 66 Lebaron (which has had all the above) --- Brandt Daniels <bdaniels@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > IML...Can anyone give me a quick lesson on front end > suspension for a 1963 Le Baron...What would I do if > I wanted to make the handling better? Replace upper > control arm bushings? new torsion bar? if > replacement of parts is necessary where should I > look for the new parts? > > Brandt > 1963 Le Baron > Lake Forest, CA > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm