A little help from my friend the acetylene torch, with a lotta leverage bolted to the sway bar end, and I got it tweaked into shape....
Fabbed some mounts for the pivot points....
Added some "collars" so the bar wouldn't drift off center, they tend to drift sideways a little if you don't do this....
Painted the new collars with some gray hammertone I had on hand....
Assembled and ready to mount....
Hung the bar mounts under the frame using some 1-5/8" tubing left over from my cage building project, I don't think they will move any....
Then I had to pull off the lower coil-over mounts and add some tabs for the links, and then fab a pair of links the correct length, add some paint, and final assembly....
It looks good, and when I jack up one side of the axle and put all the car's front end weight on it, the bar does give a little, but it goes back to "center" when I release the weight. I have taken the temper out of the bar at the end bends when I heated it up, so it might deform there under hard cornering, but I doubt I will be doing that kind of driving in this rig! If it does deform, I can straighten it out and send it to Hellwig, they will heat treat it and put the full spring temper back into the bar for a small fee if I need it.
Can't wait to get it out on the road and check it all out.....
More later......
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Here's some links to more pix:
Whacking And Welding Some Fenderwell Headers!
Ten Point Cage Build, and Who Knows What Else, a Chopped Top Maybe????
Dog Dish Hubcaps? Air Filter Rain Covers? Looks Good To Me........
Setting Up The Rear Axle and Suspension page 2
Setting Up The Rear Axle and Suspension page 1
Cutting A Hole In The Hood, and Setting The Fenders....
Setting Up The Steering and Suspension 2
Setting Up The Steering and Suspension
Starting To Fit Some Parts Here and There....
Found This Ford F100 Front Axle
Reworking an Olds 425 to take a 6-71 huffin on it.
Trial fit for the 6-71, a Don Hampton special.
Pulled apart a '67 Olds 400 motor for spare parts.....
Did Some Porting Work on some Edelbrock Olds Heads
