Recent content by scotty73

thanks guys for the info, gonna tackle it this weekend, Scotty

i am in the process of aligning the doors on my 73, i have the height pretty good but want to move the door towards the rear about an 1/8 of an inch, i adjusted the hinges that attach to the door but that only gave me up and down movement, will loosening the pillar side of the hinge give me...

thank you, will pm them

the rad support in my 73 project car is far beyond repair, i have found a support from a 78 that looks to be in fairly decent shape for $100.00 but not sure if it will fit the 73, what modifications would i need to do to be able to use it, almost keeled over when i priced a new one at $550.00...

struts came with poly bushings,:)

i am going to buy new shims for the trailing arms before i take it in for adjustment, all the old ones were pretty much toast, the adjustable struts sure do look a lot more solid than the stock ones, mine were bent, thanks for the reply, Scotty

Excellent, thank you so much for taking the the time to help me out, very much appreciated, Scotty

good morning guys, i bought a set of adjustable rear strut rods and i do not have the old ones for length comparison for initial install, does anyone know off hand what the center to center length would be where the studs go through the bushings, just want to get it close before dropping body...

thanks ScottB, thats what i landed up doing

can anyone tell me how to remove the side yoke bearings from the rear end housing? they appear to be pressed in,

can someone tell me how to remove the side yoke bearings from a 73 rear end housing, they look like they may be pressed in, any help would be great, Scotty

thanks John, i am going to weld a flat washer to the frame, will post a before and after pics Scotty

i had to cut the old bolt heads off and grind the stems down enough so that the trailing arms were loose enough to slide out of the frame, i believe the bolts are 7/16 inch but the holes in the frame are 1/2 inch, they appear to be washed out and sort of egg shaped, my question is shouldn't the...

thanks Luke, i may have to look into a new cross member if it wont clean up well enough to accept the new bushings, thanks for the pic, Scotty

hi guys, i knocked the old bushings out of the rear end cross member, in the attached pics you can see there is a tack welded ring that is protruding from where the old bushing was, IS that ring part of the cross member or is it part of the old bushing? it is tack welded on top and the welds...