Car is legal vintage race prepared. We are required to use stock stock style suspension components that were available during the era from '66-'72. Reinforcement plates were added in areas. Firm Feel front torsion bars 1.14", 1.25" front sway bar, 1.00" rear sway bar, quick ratio 16:1 box. Car has vintage underride bars like a Shelby Mustang of that era instead of the snubber, complimented by a vintage set of Direction Connection competition rear leaf springs (not super stock). Car handles extremely well, very competitive. The springs are not moved, wheels special ordered with specified offset to get the Goodyear Sportscar Specials 600x15 tires under it at all four corners. No more tire could be put under it without body mods, which I will not do.
Well, I won't say what I paid for it, but I own a classic car repair and restoration center. I can tell you this, no way I could have built the car you saw for what I paid for it, and it was far less than what it sold for to the previous buyers. Basically, the purchase price equaled what it would have cost to do all the paint/body work (if you started out with a nice car).
Yes, I took the Minilites off. They are 15x8, had tire rubbing issues big time in the rear. Besides, minilites didn't come on to the scene until around '68 time period getting more popular by '70. The 5 spoke American mags are more period imho. plus, the narrower 7" width was a better fit for my car.
