Hot Rods Big Daddy's 55 2 door wagon gasser

I pitty the foo that don't know the answer to this question!

 

Hanibal Smith

 

Back in action

 

Make sure you have someone to video the first trial run so we can all see what it does!

 

Nice!

 

Man! Lookit all those new parts! Get out there and wail on it!

 

Jeeez-o-pete! Now if you just knew somebody who could weld. You need to throw some mud on all that shiny stuff. Just kidding, big guy. Glad to see it back together.

 

What is the track record for the single shear mount for the lower coilover?

 

Not double shear but sure improves the single bolt from "racking" up and down and wobbling out the holes in the mount.
No matter how tight you get them they will get looser over time.

 

glad to see it back together

 

Yep, lets see some smoke!!!!! and wheelies.

 

As with everything, if it fucks up, I will fix it. The double shear setup that was on the other rear end was shearing the 3/8" bolts that held it together. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Kinda like the guys on here that believe roller lifters never fail.

 

Guess anything can break.

 

True. I find the weak points lol. I call them durability tests. It failed the last one. $3200 later, we'll see what goes now.

 

I opted for the jegs mounts because the first setup seemed cheap. But it wasn't, I believe it was performance engineering. The brackets were walking. Should've been welded solid, but you'd lose your adjustability. Plus I didn't like the rudder sticking down under the car.

 

But anyway, there it is, back on the road. Now onto a 1962 Falcon. Later bitches.

 

Looking good Brother! What are you running for a gear this time?

 

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Retiring from the firehouse, I lost my department email. And my YouTube account was tied to that email. So now I lost my YouTube account, and it won't let me start a new one without logging into an old account that doesn't work lol...

 

Lloyd, why is the vid reversed? Like you're driving on the wrong side of the car!

 

Did the pinion angle change upward after this photo, otherwise the brackets don't look parallel to the coil-over shock and the lower bushings don't look happy.

 

This is the English version LOL
Dan

 

Yeah it's the front camera.

 

Because they aren't happy, they're cheap rubber bushings. But they're fine, it all works, appreciate the concern. The pinion angle was down in those pictures. After it was on the ground with the tires on, then I set the pinion angle.

 

Just showing it back on the road lol.

 

Okay now everybody go finish your damn car. Taking a break from this place.

 

Sounds really nice.

 

well that’s harsh

just kidding