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Originally Posted by Lost in the 60's
Once aftermarket control arms came around with the Guldstrand mod built in, that modification faded away quickly. I'm surprised you came up with the Pozzi article, I haven't seen that come up in a search in many years, nice digging... 
Just do the tubulars, much easier than cutting and welding on the sub frame. With the rear already heavily modified, matching that on the front will be expected. My resto-mod has turned more that way too, as time passes, but hey, you'll have a better car as a result.
If you're set on cutting, consider getting a different frame. Yours is a very early one and would bring a nice income from a 100% original restorer looking for it, just don't tell Kelly about the swap...  |
Thanks, I am just that old!
Dick Guldstrand aka “Mr. Corvette” is a big deal in early Corvette history. I first became aware of him in the mid to late 80’s and again while enjoying the NCRS community.
https://www.chevyhardcore.com/news/d...way-at-age-87/
No worries, already put some work into this subframe repairing a rotten body mount (additional links below), and I think that its early LOS uniqueness is cool. It’s in great shape and I’m only restoring/repairing and keeping modifications to a minimum.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...0&postcount=31
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...9&postcount=32
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...0&postcount=33
The next guy to own this car after me has the option to do just that. They could add additional handling components to complement the rear 4-link in that way or go further and swap out the subframe. This car has the potential to go in a lot of different future directions if so desired, lowered ride height, autocross, fuel injection, etc. For my purposes, good old straight line, carbureted goodness is the plan.
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Originally Posted by Lost in the 60's
Just dawned on me, are you familiar with the threaded rod compression for disassembling that suspension without it turning into a bomb ? Yes, people use the finger style compressors, but they aren't as safe, or easy to use.
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Remember I’m reporting on the past, the subframe is all done about 8 months ago. I’m betting you’ll get a kick out of how I removed the coils which is coming up.
Decided to take a lot of reference pics (surprise, surprise
), brake line routing, steering, etc. Thinking I might just want to reference them later which I did a couple of times when it was going back together. Dropped the shocks and continued pulling all the cotter pins as well as another round of penetrant.