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Out with the old 4.10:1, S/G 8.25". I
sold the 8 1/4" for $325.00 at a big local
swap meet a few years back. The guy that bought it put it in his 318 Duster replacing the 7 1/4". I ended up having to cut up and throw away the trunk floor. That was hard to do, but I couldn't even give it away.
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Now in with the new Dana 60. It's a tight fit, but it's all in there. Notice that the wheelie bars had to be narrowed
to fit around the coil-overs. You can see the polyurethane bushings on the shocks in this view.
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Jerry Bickel Races Cars constructed the complete "back-half" from
2 x 3 tubing. The frame rails go from the torsion bar crossmember all the way
back to the taillamp panel. Competition Engineering 40" steel wheelwells
were used.
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TIG welds were used thoughout.
The quarter panels were secured to the frame rails with the strut bar shown here because the wheelwells couldn't be welded
to the quarters. Silicone chalk was used to seal everything up.
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Here is an interior
view of the wheel tubs.
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The
floor was competely cut out from the rear seat rearward. You can see the passenger side door panel if you look close.
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Art Morrison supplied the 4-Link kit with the optional polyurethane
bushed 17-4 stainless steel rod ends
for street use. The
4-Link package includes the 4-link frame and housing brackets, coil-over rear shocks, equal length bars and diagonal
Link. Shown here are the 4-link brackets
welded to the new frame. They were gusseted with the small diameter tubing also shown.
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The transmission tunnel had to be extended and intersected to the new floorpan that follows
the frame rails up and over
the rearend. The frame rails came through the floor to tie into
the torsion bar crossmember.
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Look at the angle
used on the frame rail so that the rail lined up with the torsion bar and the 4-link brackets. You can see the safety
harness tab welded to the frame rail in this view also.
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Here
is a view of the frame rail from underneath.
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The
tin work is getting close at this point.
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The Wheelie Bars are #2016 from
Competition Engineering. They ended up being shortened (width-wise) to fit around the coil-overs and 4-Link.
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This
is a B & W photo of the undercarriage after the frame rails were completed. Here you can see the drive shaft loop
and on the upper RH side of this pic, you can see the bracket that was fabbed up for the two Holley Blue pumps and Fram HPG-1
filters. The undercarriage was painted gloss black.
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