Aidan1976
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Yes mate, perhaps something like the '72 Polara in "The Sugarland Express (1974)", far easier done ay:
Wollfen's 1971 Sport Fury GT !
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Yes mate, perhaps something like the '72 Polara in "The Sugarland Express (1974)", far easier done ay:
Wollfen
Old Man with a Hat
Don't get me startedI could see this. Some dog dish caps, spotlight, also throw a big whip on the quarter.
Then comes the period correct radio, and siren lol. Its a sickness! But a fun one!
Wollfen
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Well crap, that does look good huh? And all I have to do is buy a white cowboy hat to boot!
Wollfen
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Nice. I ended up with P235/75R15 with a narrow ww instead of raised lettering.
Wollfen
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Yah, I'm going for the performance look so letters it is.
Wollfen
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Got the chassis out today, yes I left the engine and trans in the car to do this, so much less to disconnect doing it that way. Just took a it of maneuvering as i slid it forward. Came out clean and easy.
Wollfen
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Cleaning up the engine bay now then repaint that damned blacked out firewall, that's ugly. Then spray body deadener underneath before putting the chassis in after it is cleaned up. The mount rubbers in the sedan are mint too!
The Horvaths
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Nice work.
Samplingman
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WOW! that's like a magician pulling the table cloth out without messing up the china!
Wollfen
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Lol, yah could have been a mess if that engine had crashed to the ground.
Aidan1976
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Hey mate, magic work!
Now hey, I don't mean to doubt the process, but was there an excerpt posted from a Mopar workshop book stating not to leave the front sheetmetal hanging when replacing the front stub-frame? Think it was in the Fusie '69 - '73 Stub-frame thread...Just thought of it when you mentioned prior about some slight damage to the SFGT's front fenders (aka wings/guards for the Ireland & UK/Aussie lads).
Just wouldn't want anything bad to happen at this crucial point....
Wollfen
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Yah, cant imagine why, there's no weight in the fenders to cause them to buckle by hanging free. The damage I spotted on mine was already there when i got the car, that was because the chassis was flexing with full weight in it.
Ripinator
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What is the engine sitting on ? Isn't it bolted to the stub frame ?
70bigblockdodge
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Magic haven't you been paying attention. Lol
Ripinator
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Oh. . . Sorry. . . Lost my mind for a minute.
great choice
CanCritter
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The flexing issue was realy bothering me and Paul...not my favorite type setup but going to solid bushing is a definite improvement and makes alineing body panels much easyer
Wollfen
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This has been something I have been wondering about myself, is the shim usage to deal with variations in dimensions of the stub frame assembly process or in the body assembly process, or a mixture of both? I would think the body shell would have to go together with some pretty close tolerances to deal with door openings, windscreen alignment size etc. I am inclined the chassis has most of the variation in that but if anyone cares to offer their experience in this then I will readily listen.
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