61 Buick Tubular A Arms

[cluxford]

Anyone know of a company that makes Tub A Arms for a 61 Buick.

Yep it's an X frame like all the other B bodies of the GM area

But the Chev B bodies have the steering in front of the cross member, the Buick has the steering behind the crossmember

Resulting in different sway bar mount points on the A arms

I've checked out most of the big players websites and can't see anything for the Buick

Any tips or leads would be great. Thanks in advance

[pitts64]

Just put a set of KRC delrin lower control arm bushings in the lower control arms and use the factory alignment specs. Didn't that car come with solid bushings like the 61-63 Cutlass, Special and Tempest?

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/krc-8800

[cluxford]

Thanks mate, actually what I am trying to solve is the negative camber issue.

Running 18's on the front on bags, it runs quite a bit of negative camber and it's shimmed to the eyeballs.

Chewing tyres, a new set of fronts every 15,000 miles

I am contemplating longer cross shaft bolts to allow more shimming

[HotRodRyan]

Did you ever figure this out?

[cluxford]

Sort of. I changed the airbag lower mount point in the bottom of the lower A arm. Then removed all shims in the camber settings. I know have almost 0 degrees camber. Still a bit on the negative side but much better. Just means when I air it out it doesn't quite sit on the deck, it used to sit right on the ground, now it's about a inch off the ground