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

[SnapOnBilly]

Well I'm glad you just checked in because it gave me a chance to catch up on my reading about your project That is coming along SO sweet. Mine goes under the knife at the end of the month for major surgery. I HOPE mine looks as good as yours when it gets done.

Gunner
 

thanks for the compliment my friend. fortuneatly for me, i started with a car that was in great condition. otherwise, it wouldn't be as far along as it is

[Gunner]

I think that mine is gonna be a grim, expensive slog getting her back up in shape. But we'll see.

Gunner

[N PRGRES]

Hey Billy I am curious why you chose to go with the stock leaf spring set up in the rear and not a coil over in the back as well?

[SnapOnBilly]

Hey Billy I am curious why you chose to go with the stock leaf spring set up in the rear and not a coil over in the back as well?

the coil over set up was very expensive and required mods made to the car. i wanted to keep a "factory" appearance rather than a complete change back there. the front can simply be unbolted and the old stuff put back on if i ever chose to do so.

[N PRGRES]

Hey Billy I am curious why you chose to go with the stock leaf spring set up in the rear and not a coil over in the back as well?

OK just curious
the coil over set up was very expensive and required mods made to the car. i wanted to keep a "factory" appearance rather than a complete change back there. the front can simply be unbolted and the old stuff put back on if i ever chose to do so.

[SnapOnBilly]

   did that answer your question?

[N PRGRES]

Yes thanks.  I am probably going to go with the Heidts rear coil over.  Supposed to bolt in other than welding a tab onto the axle

[SnapOnBilly]

   just be sure you really, really check out that bolt-in set up. i thought i remembered someone telling me they weren't as sturdy.

[N PRGRES]

Sure will, thanks

[SnapOnBilly]

no problem 

[hada76]

hows the new job bill...are you able to work on the car?

[SnapOnBilly]

the new job is awsome! can't wait to finish the academy. the car unfortuneatly slowed down, but i still get time to work on it. i got some nice progress done on it yesterday and this morning... FINALLY got the rear squared away to a point where i put most of it back together. still waiting on a few small things, but here's some more pics...
here are the rear brakes, lines and unions. i had to come up with a way to rerun the lines to mate up with the supplied bracket. it's not pretty, but it will work....





the "mostly back together" rear area haha



the refinished lines, brackets, and bolts

[SoonerTA]

Wow, everything is looking great!  I love the blue tube hold downs, great accent.  Which QA1's are you using?

[Mongo]

Lookin good man! Thanks for the pics.

[SnapOnBilly]

Wow, everything is looking great!  I love the blue tube hold downs, great accent.  Which QA1's are you using?

  the blue hold downs are the factory pieces, i just refinished them. the reason i painted them that color is because when i took them off the car, i noticed they were once blue when they were new. so i decided to paint them back to the OE color. i don't remember which shocks they are. at this point, i bought them last year! wow, time is flying on me isn't it?