Sway Bar and LCA Question

1969VADart said

I have an odd question. First, a little background - when I built my car, the guy that reconditioned my K-member swapped the original LCAs (with no sway bar tabs) for a set of LCAs that did have mounting tabs. It was not until later that I realized that he used LCAs that are 73 and up because the tabs are more inboard and the sway bar I had bought (meant for my 69) would not work. My question is, if I buy a sway bar meant for 73 and up, can it be mounted under my 69 given the LCAs that I have on the car? Or are there are issues that come into play (like K-member design or something like that)? Would appreciate some advice from FABO. Thanks.

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There aren't any "easy" solutions for that problem. You have mismatched parts and none of it is easy or fun to change. 72blu points out some bolt on solutions which might work, but personally I wouldn't go that way since you'll end up with just another layer of mismatch on top of what you already have. The clean solution in my book would be to swap to a late model K frame and tuck the anti-sway bar up inside like the factory did but that option requires a lot of work. You could source a set of orignal LCA's that work with the anti-sway bar that you already have but those outboard tab LCAs are getting a little hard to come by. You can modify a set of non sway bar LCA to work with your outboard anti-sway bar but that work is best left to a pro fabricator. It isn't an easy job to make look good but I suppose it is on the bottom of the car so if it is a hack job maybe nobody cares. I would never cut the tabs off the arms you have now, that just seems stupid. LCAs with factory tabs on them are becoming scarce so if they are in good shape you should sell them to fund the other parts you need. Good luck, no easy choices in that mess.