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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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...
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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.
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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...
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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...
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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...
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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.
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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.
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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.
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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...
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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...
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    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...
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    Differences in SLAB steering boxes - advertised to be equivalent 68 Newport but not so

    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.
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    Differences in SLAB steering boxes - advertised to be equivalent 68 Newport but not so

    A grinder and a buffing wheel is all you need to make this fit like it should. The bolts do indeed line up, but the problem with clearance is simply a matter of shaving the inner, flat part of the bracket down a bit because the outer round part of these steering boxes end up bottoming out. That...
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    Anyone interested in bagging their 70 C body stub frame without removing the torsion bars or the whole stock front end?

    Im currently restoring a 70 fury 3 convertible and I noticed that there was not a kit made specifically for the C body stub frame, nothing that works in conjunction with stock parts anyway. I have seen whole kits that drastically change the suspension which delete the torsion bars, changes the...
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