Project Anchor (68 Firebird Coupe)

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So I was getting ready to work on the firebird's subframe which got me looking at my camaro's shocks as I was trying to remember how I had routed the airline for the air shocks (I originally had air shocks on this car) and that is when I discovered this:





The top of the shock mount was ripping itself away from the subframe. The passenger side was also starting to come apart but not quite as bad as the driver's side. I always knew there was something not right with the suspension as I could feel it when driving and the stick would shake violently at speed. For the longest time I thought it was something in the rear of the car as that is what if felt like. At one point I even had the car in the air looking for loose or bad components and at that time the only thing I found was a bad transmission mount that was coming apart. But now I know why that mount was failing.

I think the problem started at the top of the shock mount where the hole is located for that the top of the shock to pass through. There was a crack from the side of that hole all the way to the edge. I decided to add a metal plate to reinforce and box in this area and welded every thing back together again. Hopefully it will hold now.