Smiley wrote:The adapters only work with the 75 and later lower ball joints, on 71-74 Cars the lower balljoints must be replaced with the 75 and later style. All cars need 4 sleeves.
^^^ So the difference here being a result of the deep pocket lower control arms on 75 and later ?..yes? no? I need to look again and see what we did on the lowers to make sure we did that conversion correctly. The car as it is sitting with most of the weight on the ground except the doors and hood and all interior seats... the control arm bolts are loose and the spindles have an angle to them instead of being perpendicular to the ground by about 15 degrees just looking at it. Not sure which way the upper adjustable cammed bushings are sitting.
I may have over upgraded on the new shocks and springs. I picked them for a Monza 76 wagon with the V8 thinking that with the weight capacity might make it sit properly since upgrading to the V6 4.3. Currently you can fit your hand between the tire top and the fender, so its sitting way too high also.
Not much left of the donor car, A pillars are good and both quarters and roof are intact, extra rear end out of a 77 Monza as I recall, all of the rusty stock steering components are out there as well. Got shed of the 75 Cos steering column complete with GT wheel (no button) and working ignition and key. I didn't need it as I am running a 77 tilt column. Glad to help a fellow Vega owner out.
Now that my mechanic guru and I are back on track so to speak, we are focussing on the doors , renewing the regulators and reinstalling the glass. I suppose the seat rails are soon and reinstalling the dash. Finishing the fuel delivery and cooling system, A/C system as well. Need custom hoses for the AC, need nice looking shut off valves for the cooling system.
I have been prepping aluminum trim and the swing out windows and associated hardware lately. Gotta go vintage radio hunting soon and I don't intend to cut the plastic dash to make it fit. Speaker mounting and wiring soon.
Much easier taking one apart than it is putting it all back together. I still have to obtain ALL of the associated glass clips and trim clips so I'll be ready after painting. She is still in epoxy primer, wetsanded presently. All jams are painted. More later...Peace
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