Topic: '79 10th Anniversary T/A "freshening up" started!

[SnapOnBilly]

hi billy did you sort out your little problem with the leafsprings as i have the 5 leaf as well but i will not be fitting mine till next summer

yep, G/W sent me some washers to install between the base plate and the perches. i then used the OE top rubber pad only, and it all went together. i think you can see it in my pics

[SnapOnBilly]

FINALLY- i'm very happy to announce, i got the rear end finished up!!! got that sleeve welded in, and painted. then put the rear suspension together, and its now officially holding the weight of the car!
here's the sleeve weld job. it isn't pretty, but it definately works


...and the shackles all together

the completed rear holding the car's weight

passenger's side with all the lines and parking cables hooked up

and the other side

[Gunner]

OHHHHHH SHINY!

Hoping mine looks that good when they get done with it.

Gunner

[SnapOnBilly]

HA! yep shiney is good  ')

[Justin]

So I am assuming since you have a 79 10th Anny that your car already had rear disc? The kit you got..would that work as a drum replacement? Would I need something completely different? I am not in the market for it but just figured I would gain a little knowledge on the matter since you are at this point in you build. Thanks

[SnapOnBilly]

So I am assuming since you have a 79 10th Anny that your car already had rear disc? The kit you got..would that work as a drum replacement? Would I need something completely different? I am not in the market for it but just figured I would gain a little knowledge on the matter since you are at this point in you build. Thanks

i beleive starting in '79, if you got the WS6 handling package, you got 4 wheel disc brakes on a TA. the kit i got, replaces everything regardless whether it was a drum or disc. the whole backing plate gets changed out either way, so it shouldn't matter.

[Justin]

oh ok. Where did you go for yours?

[N PRGRES]

What kit is that Billy?  Looks good!!!!

[SnapOnBilly]

What kit is that Billy?  Looks good!!!!

thanks guys! the brakes are from Baer. however, it isn't a "direct replacement" . i had to modify a few things to get it to work, but it looks like it should be fine. the set up for the front was a snap. the whole knuckle came fully assembled..

[SnapOnBilly]

oh ok. Where did you go for yours?

i got it directly from Baer

[eroc022]

Hope everything is going good with the job, heard about the crash that killed a cop and injured a passenger just hoping wasn't you.

[Bird Flu]

OMG.   I am realizing after being on this site a week that my car may be a POS.....lol  So much work to un-do because of the previous owners.

[SoonerTA]

OMG.   I am realizing after being on this site a week that my car may be a POS.....lol  So much work to un-do because of the previous owners.

We have all started out exactly where you are.  I haven't driven mine in a couple years but it will be worth it in the end. 

[Nexus]

Don't feel bad...10 years I have been "working" on my car

[SoonerTA]

Don't feel bad...10 years I have been "working" on my car

All of our cars are a work in progress.