Torsion Bar Crossmember Anchor CARNAGE-Where to get new one?

This is a great example of why one cannot use a small thick patch welded to weak metal. There is a lot of torque applied to the cross member from the torsion bar when car is at rest on level ground, many times more force when car is under way. Often when a torsion bar lets go, it just twists free from cross member without gross distortion as in this example.

One reason I recommend the Safe t Cap repair is it is about a foot long, three sided, and spreads the forces over a much longer weld. As for spot welding cross member to floor pan hopping to significantly add structural integrity is not going to help much. It is about like nailing sheet rock to a stud to stiffen the framing up. If the floor pan was several gages thicker, I would agree, stiffening would be accomplished.

For this car to be correctly repaired a structurally sound used cross member must be located, or a less than pristine used member retrofitted with Safe t Caps used. I don’t believe new cross members for A Bodies are currently being manufactured. Hopefully some outfit will start producing new A body cross members, and we will no longer have to patch this very important structural member.