66 polara trunk torsion bars

[ian taylor]

greetings from sunny england, my 66 didn't have trunk springs fited, finally sourced a set...now the question is...how do they fit...pictures would be great please, does the 66 have rollers on the ends? and if so can you buy them?
cheers folks
ian

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

There are some brackets in the trunk area that you stick the bent end of the bar into.
The other end has a white plastic square slider (not a roller) on it which pushes yp against the trunk lid's hinge arm. The sliders are available in reproduction.

Here's some not very good pics from the net:

Hopefully this helps show you how they fit. Note that the slider in this car's pics are covered in overspray.

 

[ian taylor]

There are some brackets in the trunk area that you stick the bent end of the bar into.
The other end has a white plastic square slider (not a roller) on it which pushes yp against the trunk lid's hinge arm. The sliders are available in reproduction.

Here's some not very good pics from the net:

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Hopefully this helps show you how they fit. Note that the slider in this car's pics are covered in overspray.

thanks for the help....will look later today. cheers ian