Recent content by ACR Nick

Wow, please let me know when you're starting to take requests to get some parts off of you. I'm mainly interested in a windshield, light housings and any chrome from a fury 3, if any were out there. If not, im sure I could at least get a windshield and the border chrome for it if there was a lot...

Thank you for the good info though. I didnt anticipate this to come together with zero issues, short term or otherwise, but im happy that I've kept the possibility of problems in mind while coming up with this. Basically, I just made sure that the direction this took allowed for ability to do...

This should clear up what im talking about with the slight difference in frames. Ive seen an actual hand drawn picture of both of the frames that were used from 69-71 but I cant remember where I saw it.

Also, you mentioned double shear. To my knowledge that only occurs when you add something that physically attaches to the bolt that is used as a pivot, in this case its the rear cam bolt. The bag base sits on the upper control arm and is the primary reciever of the downforce being applied to set...

The only proble with what youre noticing is the fact that all of the bolts arent in the base of where the bag sits. They were removed to pivot the base upwards so I could grease the ball joint. Also, the torsion bars still bear a load in an extreme bump situation but are set to only support any...

4 link, bags and dump the leaf springs i just finished bags all around on a full resto on a 70 fury 3.

The job sort of required me to think outside the box. He wanted to feel and benefit from some modern quality of life upgrades but the fact this car belonged to his dad who passed away also made keeping the car as original as possible a very important priority. Wait until you see the 4 link...

The problem with grafting a whole front clip isnt in suspension fitment, the *** pain that develops shows up when youre trying to maintain proper body lines and panel gaps. Thats why, in my opinion, its worth maintaining as much stock components as possible, especially the original frame.

Thats one side completed, just needs a little paint.

Everything pictured is fabbed out of 1/4 inch steel or better. Ok, I'm getting to work because I could happily talk about old iron all day without taking a breath.

Alright gentlemen, its time to go and earn my food today and get back at it. A couple more pics of a different project, not a c body but certainly a close relative and the lucky recipient of the 426 hemi that im verifying clearances and machined sizes for thats going to replace the stock 318.

Technically its a 6 link rear end counting the two air shocks with no trunk intrusion besides the stained ebony wood that ive mounted all the airbag hardware to that sits neatly next to the spare tire in the trunk. Ive blocked the leaf spring bracket to the height of the stock leaf springs to...

Heres some old pictures I took during the fab work. I dont have a pic of how i solved the bag assembly and support over the rear axle but after removing the leaf springs in favor of the 4 link and bags, Ive elected to replace the air shocks in the rear with an oem replacement for additional bump...

The answer is simply that it doesn't. Ive fabbed brackets that bolt through the unibody frame almost exactly where the the linkage splits the e brake line to route to each drum. Those two outer link bars go from there on each side to a bracket that mounts almost exactly where the the leaf...

To be clear, i mean take a bit of metal off of the bracket on the frame itself, not the steering box. Youve got at least 3/8" of a inch of metal that makes up the bracket on the frame, I wouldnt test the thickness of the steering box itself.