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Thread: Is a '68 front crossmember a 1 year only item?

  1. 01-15-2019, 11:57 AM #1
    jmz
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    Is a '68 front crossmember a 1 year only item?

    I'm stripped my car and am working on assembly. The crossmember appears bent on the passenger side where the adjusting screw goes through.

    I've got another steel one from a later car but don't think the early SWB a-arms or strut/ball joint will work.

    I've considered going with a later front suspension but already have the trick aluminium brembos and the Rebel Racing front bushings for SWB.

    any thoughts or suggestions on where to find a good new/used cross member?

    the two in the middle are from the passenger side and appear to be pretty bent to me.

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  2. 01-15-2019, 12:53 PM #2
    tom1394racing
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    I should have a '68 crossmember on the shelf. PM me with your email to follow up.
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  3. 01-15-2019, 01:04 PM #3
    Jim Breazeale
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    Any steel 68 or later crossmember will work
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  4. 01-15-2019, 01:23 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Breazeale View Post
    Any steel 68 or later crossmember will work
    Pet shows three part numbers. The first one has a removable strut and the support bar looks a bit different than the other two. The second two look very similar but the strut is welded I think on both and attached to the cross member support bar a bit differently between the two.

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  5. 01-15-2019, 03:21 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by jmz View Post
    Pet shows three part numbers. The first one has a removable strut and the support bar looks a bit different than the other two. The second two look very similar but the strut is welded I think on both and attached to the cross member support bar a bit differently between the two.

    901 341 013 02

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    As the gentleman from Arizona would say "You are overthinking this"

    Any steel 68 or later crossmember will work

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  6. 01-15-2019, 06:22 PM #6
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    Thank You sir. ...comparing the one I pulled off to the later steel bar I have tells me mine was really, really bent up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Breazeale View Post
    As the gentleman from Arizona would say "You are overthinking this"

    Any steel 68 or later crossmember will work

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  7. 01-17-2019, 07:39 AM #7
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    To close this up although maybe most here already know this. It looks like the 68 SWB has the '69 and later steel cross member but the early A-Arms.
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  8. 01-17-2019, 01:30 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by jmz View Post
    To close this up although maybe most here already know this. It looks like the 68 SWB has the '69 and later steel cross member but the early A-Arms.
    Yes........................................
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