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Thread: My 1985 Monte Carlo SS Barney...
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10-09-2018 #401Registered User
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I had a 1968 Firebird in the mid-90s. Overall, it was a ridiculous hotrod that was too much for daily street use, but I drove it anyway, because I was 17/18, and gas was cheap. These days, that car would be an easy 10 grand; back then, it was $1700.00. Being a Mustang guy, there were some things I hated about that car, the major one being the GM front suspension. It was like they took a freaking steel girder and stuck some obese control arms on it, with no regard for necessary ground clearance. For reference, I had a 1965 Mustang before the Firebird, and clearances, to say the least, were considerably better, even with lowering. In the Firebird, with a front weighted down by a stupidly cammed 400-inch engine and nearly 30 year-old coil springs, it was quite easy to hit a parking block in the college parking lot in the worst way (with the suspension crossmember--like a Mike Tyson punch in the chest/ego). For that, I hated that front end. Just sayin'. Consider getting/making longer links and putting that tube on top of the frame rails. With hotrods, do-overs are the point, aren't they?
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10-10-2018 #402