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Exactly what i was thinking as close to the rear of the quarter as possible with as minimal amount of cutting and welding. Since I will be cutting the rear panel off the car to put the 70 rear panel on along with all the associated pieces I will try to only work on the parts where the change...

I'll bet the Scamp looked awesome, too bad Chrysler didn't continue on with A body converts after 69.

69 was the last year for A body convertibles, which is a shame because the 70 up A body also lends itself nicely as a convertible.

I have from the wheel arches back on the 70 quarter panels only and so I will be splicing as far back on the car as possible. I am not a professional so I may even hire a professional to do the splice, but then again I may be the one doing the deed. I did separate all the spots on the 70 when I...

I have the quarters, the rear panel, the bumper bracket supports (the trunk pan is the same from 67-72) ,the rear panel and the trunk lid, bumper and brackets, so all I need as far as information is I would like an idea as to where would be a good spot to add the 70 1/4 panel to the 69 1/4...

I have googled 70 Dart conv but haven't seen any articles about doing the actual process. I actually have a yellow 70 Dart convertible with white interior as my screen saver right now.

Yeah I saw his but really didn't see any pictures of how he did the quarters. You had to open each picture one at a time which was pretty time consuming.

I have a 69 convertible that I want to make into a 1970. Changing the front group is easy but doing the rear quarters will be a bit of a challenge. If anyone has done this and can post any pictures taken during the process so I can get any ideas on how to tackle the problem of where to splice...

Thanks for the info. The mounting position for the shoulder belt anchor was particularly useful.

Thanks for the info. I will look into their belts, we also have a Summit Racing in my area and I may go check with them. Have you seen the video of the crash I mentioned earlier in the post? Amazing the inertia involved in a collision. Even in retrospect the guy doing the feature said he wished...

Thanks for the info. You would have thought that the seller would have let you know about any additional hardware needed and given instructions on what would be needed to do the installation. I see kits that have the retractors so I will continue on trying to find something that works.

Did you ever get your seatbelts to work satisfactorily? Did you end up having to do modifications to be able to use them? If so what were they? I have a 71 Dart ( bucket seats ) that I want to put a 3 point harness in and I am now in the process of deciding which kit and whom to buy from. The...

I also have 2 factory 833 OD's which I would tear apart and rebuild before installing. While I am at it I would change out the mainshaft and tailhousings to make them A body tranny's. I already bought an aluminum tailshaft housing and the weight difference between it and the cast iron one is...

I am at this moment looking at previous installs done by other members and am seriously considering it as an option. Thanks for turning on that light. I will do further research and hopefully there may also be some videos to watch from previous installs.

I will check into the TKX. I really haven't even given it a consideration because I am running buckets and don't want to end up with an obviously "weird" lookin tunnel under the carpet. The gearset from Passon is now over 3K. I still don't know why he doesn't list it on his website but he did...

Got it. So what did Brewers say that would fix the issue? I can understand being frustrated but I haven't had to deal with any issues and still see the OD gearset as an option. Yeah .80 isn't a great OD ratio but I am still willing to possibly keep it open as an alternative to modifying the...

What were the issues ?

They should work in any 833 even the aluminum OD version but someone mentioned something about having to make sure about the reverse gear meshing correctly. I would mention it to Jamie when you call.

That’s the kit I was referring to. I called Passon and Jamie said he still sells the gears by themselves. He said at that time he only had 3 sets left and would not get more until late August.

That was some super great info. Right now I am think I will look at the GV as plan B. I will probably do a factory OD unit first. If I can't live with it I will probably go with the 18 spine OD gearset next. If I can't live with that I will probably go the GV route.

I tend to agree with you H D that I would be happy with just using the GV as an OD only. I just don't know that I would really need to use it as a splitter, that was actually the premise of me actually only wanting a 5 speed or the replacement 18 spline gearset in my original thoughts on which...

So how does that work with the GV. Do you have a button on the shifter or is there some sort of programmable computer that comes with it? Seems like if you use a button that it would take a fair amount of practice to get used to getting the GV to do what you want. How much tunnel mods do you...

Got any pictures of the TKX install? Did you install the QA1 suspension because mods / removal of torsion bar suspension was necessary? Did you have to modify the tunnel to get it to fit? What kind of shifter did you use and does it come out in the stock location?

Thanks, looks promising for what I want out of my car. So far that looks like the best way to go as far as an OD option.

Thanks for the info. I know the earlier A bodies are a bit tighter on clearances and I don’t really want to cut or modify the tunnel extensively. So if I have to do a huge amount of modifying that will probably be a deal breaker. 71 Dart.

Hey Fast, thanks for the info. Is there a reason you went back to the stock shifter? Did you have to cut the tunnel? Do you like the setup?

No choice if I run a GV. Doesn’t come with a short A body tail shaft / adapter. If it did I would already have bought it.

OK I really didn't want to go here but after asking about the Passon OD trans and his Hemi OD gear set I decided to ask about a GV install in an A body with an A833. There seems to be a lot of negativity around the Passon products and questionable customer service. The 5 speed is out. The OD...