A tale of two Dusters
So yesterday (my birthday) I swapped out the rearend so I would have BBP all around. Also my old one was a little sloppy.
The new one was was out of a 79 Volare. Yes, I know they are not "technically" a "bolt in". I welded in centering rings so it would be lined up correctly, and the springs are pulled about 3/4" out (this could have been fixed with different centering rings). Also a nice surprise is this has a suregrip which I wasn't expecting. Also I forgot to take a pic of the new tranny cooler. Pictures:
The new rear before cleanup.
after clean-up and paint
looks empty...
Welding the rings in
Welded in, time for grinding. In my defense, it was not my welder...
new brake lines
everything in
done.
Thanks again for looking!
So yesterday (my birthday) I swapped out the rearend so I would have BBP all around. Also my old one was a little sloppy.
The new one was was out of a 79 Volare. Yes, I know they are not "technically" a "bolt in". I welded in centering rings so it would be lined up correctly, and the springs are pulled about 3/4" out (this could have been fixed with different centering rings). Also a nice surprise is this has a suregrip which I wasn't expecting. Also I forgot to take a pic of the new tranny cooler. Pictures:
The new rear before cleanup.
after clean-up and paint
looks empty...
Welding the rings in
Welded in, time for grinding. In my defense, it was not my welder...
new brake lines
everything in
done.
Thanks again for looking!