1971 340 Road Runner Revival

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Finally finished up and mounted the brackets I made to support the car while I have the K frame out. Also got first torsion bar adjustment bolt busted loose…50 years of crud made it stubborn. Need to fab a torsion bar clamp to beat the bars out next…

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Fabricated a clamp to hammer the torsion bars out. Didn’t take much hammering at all once I got the clamp firmly mounted.

Rewarded with some still viable grease in the sockets and the original Aluminum marking paint for the correct torsion bars. Pretty cool.

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Spent a little bit of time tearing down the K frame and suspension yesterday. What a mess! Side note: The little $20 ball joint press from Harbor Freight worked great on not only the ball joints, but the tie rod ends as well.

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Spent a little bit of time tearing down the K frame and suspension yesterday. What a mess! Side note: The little $20 ball joint press from Harbor Freight worked great on not only the ball joints, but the tie rod ends as well.

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Nice work.

I think too often suspensions are overlooked and nice looking cars end up handling like crap. All new front suspension components, set up properly, will do wonders for the car!
 
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