1970 Swinger 340 Hemi Orange 4 speed

mopardude318 said
extremely nice work! incredible!

340sFastback said
That floor looks outstanding!

Thanks guys!

Vitamin c said
Interesting pics of the pinion snubber area and the back seat supports. The 70 40-speed swinger I have had what looked like scars from a rear u-joint failure and also had the back seat support broken off the floor. The whole horseshoe bracket needed to be re welded down. These A body 4 speeds must be susceptible to this failure.

I bet every time the car was revved up and the clutch was dumped the pinion snubber smashed against that mount.. Seeing this damage shows that mount area isn't as tough as everyone thinks, which is probably why someone put Lakewood bars on my car at some point in its life (too late) so yours was cracked from the driveshaft hitting or hammering of the pinion snubber? Mine shows no signs of a driveshaft ever hitting the hump area so that cracking was from the mount getting hammered. I have both good used pieces to replace the damaged ones on my car, but I think it will be a battle since the pan will most likely be distorted a bit too.

Got my front wheels on it today!