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Who are you and what is your point?

Pretty funky 1973 with an interior out of a limo and a corvette L88 hood scoop.
Rust free and a runner. Going to put some studded snows on it and send it to the mountains with my son the ski instructor for the winter.
He may pop up here eventually..

These NOS eccentric adjusters are much beefier than the originals that were pressed steel.

http://i60.tinypic.com/f1jybs.jpg The front assembly ready to go together. The spindles I ended up with use the ball joints with the larger tapered studs. I guess that makes them stronger in theory. I was lucky enough to find a local antique auto parts place that had NOS ball joints http://i60.tiny...

The poly bushings pivot between the inner sleeve and the bushing and are greased when assembled.

Being harder than the original rubber they will not wear in the same way the original ones would.

(Shurkey, feel free to jump in here)

Doc, Nice job boxing the arms. One of my spare arms bent when I was stripping it so I can see why you went that way. Maybe tack welding in the shells will have a similar effect on the structure. The poly bushings do not need pressed in, they go in by hand. Hopefully, they will provide a sporty ride ...

Hi Bruce,

I'm using polyurethane bushings that have no shells thus the re-use of the old shells.

I had the heat turned down on the welder as I was afraid of burning thru the shells and I'm not that great at welding..

I'll post a photo of the assemblies going together soon

Next was a few coats of POR15

After trying to get the old paint off the A-arms with paint stripper and a pressure washer I caved and sent them out for blasting.
This pic shows a bare lower that I was welding the bushing shells into as well as welding up the seams.

Anybody?

What I need is a good part # for a water pump for a '66 with A/C.