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Dissasembly - turns out the front shocks are done-in unlike the rears. Gonna put KYB's on it.

A little cleanup on the drivers side This is the idler arm off the car, there are no grease fittings. Could this be the original? Unbelievably it is still very tight too!

You probably guesed that I will also be rebuilding the front suspension also, hoping to get it done for Fall so I can drive it! Look at all this carnage - This is the drivers lower bushing, the passenger side was not nearly as bad.

The parts pile is growing -

Uh, oh . . . what happened here?

Back at it Sunday, no pictures but I filled the diff with friction modifier & gear oil. Cleaned up all the brake parts and installed them. Installed the shocks. I also replaced the fuel hard line (tank to pump) and all the rubber too with new clamps. It was a bitch because I had to modify it to...

Thanks for the info guys !

Can anybody tell me what the torque spec is for the U-bolts? Also - how much friction modifier to put into the diff?

No pictures of it but we got the diff back in the car - The shop supervisor approved of our work.

I really happy with the contrast between the cast iron & bare steel parts. I had to buy a reproduction Sure-Grip Lube tag, the original was damaged. New vent bolt & brake hose installed. The bumper on the snubber is the original & it looks brand new. I guess the fact that it never saw UV light...

I had finished painting and assembling the second leaf spring a couple days ago. The housing paint had had a few days to dry so now it was time to assemble the diff. I did my best to not screw up any of the paint but you know - also one of my original wheel cylinder bolts broke so I had to use 1...

It was 107 degrees Sunday but I really wanted to get some work done on this thing. My brother came over and I busted out the mobile swamp cooler - boy what a difference it makes! It was a sad day too - my across the street neighbor (house with garage door open) had died the previous day - one...

26 and I still live in it 31 years later.

Good shape & dirty but if yours are missing, these are better than yours. $30 plus shipping. Thanks FBBO!

Used & dirty but no damage. $25 plus shipping. Thanks FBBO!

Thanks for the tip -

Housing ready for paint - Painted -

My Dad bought this car in 1976 after my parents got divorced. It was his hotrod and one of the things he did to it was to paint the brake drums blue to match the body paint. I think this was pretty commonn back then. At some point he re-painted them black, you can see the old blue paint in this...

Looking at the spring plates it looks like the shock mount stud was friction welded to the plate - what do you think? I thought friction welding was a fairly new technology.

^^^ What he said^^^ Not to mention the engine stays cleaner !