Rear Sway Bar

[f.monroe]

I was looking at an 86ish short step the other day and noticed a rear sway bar on it . It fit pretty well . I asked the owner about it and he said it was a front stabilizer bar from a mid 70's Camaro . He attached it to the rear axle with 3" muffler clamps and the factory mounts from the camaro and made his own link bars to attach it to the frame . It actually fit and looked the same width as a square body frame . It has a big dip for engine clearance so it cleared the rear diff pretty well also . Just a thought for anyone looking around a salvage yard that might want to try this on their truck . Seems like it would be cheap to try . If I come across a 70's Camaro/Firebird in a local yard , I will pick up the parts and let yall know how it works . The problem is that the yards around here are filled with only newer cars .
Frank

[SBTork]

interesting, i'd like to see some pictures once someone does it

[Pyrotechnic]

My only concern would be spring rate of the bar compared the front, but the fact that it came from a car means it's probably not going to be stiffer than the front bars on these trucks. I'm wondering if the aftermarket kits have the advantage of being design to work with the stock front bar ?

newer Suburbans might also be a source for a junkyard sway bar ?