Wheel split, ring tacked on 1/2 and ready for inner rim. A few tacks and put it in balancer to see how close i got it.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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dukeboy440
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If anyone needs that, it’s me!
Absolutely, they help stiffen the front end of the car, from twisting.....
Would seem so....
I was going to leave them off. Not saying they were available
on early. But now I am installing a sway away anti sway bar and it seems these will help..
Mat will tell you the same. Many auto cross cars use them, and most of the later AX cars have them on. They are also available aftermarket for many late model cars that need better handling....
Those from the 70s cars?
Maybe.
I know Mapes has found his early As relatively stiff. Would diagaonal bracing help further? Probably. Enough of a difference to make a difference? That I don't know. I'm going to add them to my '67 one of these days.
MomsDuster
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If nothing else it would help keep the hood insulation from falling onto the exhaust
So decision time. Ist picture is existing shifter.
2nd is pistol grip I bought and the seller dropped it in a USPS baggy.
No bubble wrap zip zero, nada. But he did take the time to write Fragile on the package.surprised the grips weren't busted.
3rd is the good one I have.
So aside from the condition of the two choices.
Do I shorten the one. Or add about 2 inches to the short e body shifter.
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I would go with the turd one... I mean third one....
You have frame connectors i presume?
45 inches around rim,inside and out=180 inches of weld. Per wheel. Thats 30 feet of welding.
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Round one goes with bucket seatSo decision time. Ist picture is existing shifter.
2nd is pistol grip I bought and the seller dropped it in a USPS baggy.
No bubble wrap zip zero, nada. But he did take the time to write Fragile on the package.
3rd is the good one I have.
So aside from the condition of the two choices.
Do I shorten the one. Or add about 2 inches to the short e body shifter.
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No I do not. Most say early not needed. Maybe a bolt in setup....
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Hit send before I wanted, what I was trying to say is the round one goes with the bench seat. The pistol grip goes with buckets.
shittyslant6
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weeeeeellllllll ****.
I just was tuning up the carb a tad, when I noticed that my slant is a little...... slantier.
I guess when I was driving it to the shop and back, the rubber bushings in the passenger motor mount decided to squish or just kill itself.
So everything is off by an inch or two. I guess going to school is the last time I am driving it before redoing the whole front end.
dammit.
I just was tuning up the carb a tad, when I noticed that my slant is a little...... slantier.
I guess when I was driving it to the shop and back, the rubber bushings in the passenger motor mount decided to squish or just kill itself.
So everything is off by an inch or two. I guess going to school is the last time I am driving it before redoing the whole front end.
dammit.
You can replace the mount without a front end rebuild.....
shittyslant6
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yeah, but the every rubber thing in the front end is toast. so I figure just do everything at once.
Why wouldn't they would be what I would be asking.
Welded, ground off all the dingleberries and painted. Will be ready to put tire on in the morning.
My brother had a hemi roadrunner bench seat car new with one.
But you are correct most were bucket seat cars.
Dingleberries were this morning's topic of conversation.
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Lengthen and curve the short e-body shifter. That way you can custom fit it to the car/driver. Maybe even tilt it to the driver just a bit.So decision time. Ist picture is existing shifter.
2nd is pistol grip I bought and the seller dropped it in a USPS baggy.
No bubble wrap zip zero, nada. But he did take the time to write Fragile on the package.
3rd is the good one I have.
So aside from the condition of the two choices.
Do I shorten the one. Or add about 2 inches to the short e body shifter.
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