First of all, I want to thank everyone for all the excellent advice in response to my post. I fully agree that my initial inclination of milling the backspace was trashbin material.
And I especially admired the suggestion of turning down of the hub on the wood lathe, unfortunately I am woefully...
I can't get enough clearance by rolling or cutting, since the rubber is maybe 1/8 " proud of the fender lip. So a portapower jack could go inside there and swell the fender line a bit, but that might ruin the lines of the car. So I quess I have to eat my mistake of buying the wrong set up front...
'72 Dodge Dart has American Racing Boulevard 17" x 8" front rims. Tires are Nitto NT 555, 245/45 ZR17 95W
The tires rub at dips and hard cornering.
I am considering machining the rims to increase back-spacing by about half an inch in order to move the tires inward and clear the fenders.
I...
Hey thanks for this, feels like I am on track. Just a couple of questions. If the 76 drive shaft will not work, then do I use the 72 drive shaft? Or do I find a different one, or do I have the 76 one shortened?
Also, the reason for not using the 76 car is that it was fully rotted and done, so...
I have a complete 76 Dart Sport 4 spd 318 factory donor car. I plan to swap it all over into my 72 Swinger Special, which is a slant 6 base model car. How much of the 76 should go into the 72? Will this stuff just bolt into the 72 or will there be problems? I know nothing except this will one...