Hotchkis Front sway bar and caliper interference

my68barracuda said
Using standard 73 and up
upper control arms
And the stock 68 lower control arms, the lowers have been boxed on the bottom side. And my existing calipers are sliders.

All the A-body lower control arms are basically the same, the only real significant difference by year is the location of the sway bar tabs. Since you’re using the Hotchkis bar and sway bar tabs the year of the LCA doesn’t really matter, the Hotchkis tabs don’t mount in the stock 68-72 location.

mcodecuda said
I’m a firm believer in using stock parts whenever possible. I took the bottom of my A-body big block k-frame off and welded on the bottom of 73 k-frame. That way I could run the 73 style sway bar thru the k-frame and 73 lowers. No need to swap spindles, no need to change brake hoses. Run with the design that was designed by Chrysler.

The Hotchkis sway bars are light years better than anything ever made by the factory. In many cases the factory designs are outdated, they were never intended to be used with radial tires for example. And that's a big deal. Just because the factory did it a certain way 50 years ago doesn't mean it's still the best way to do it. Heck it doesn't always mean it was the best way to do it THEN, remember Chrysler was there to make money, not the absolute best product possible. Lots of designs were used because they were adequate and less expensive, not the best.

And I don't know why we're still talking about interference. There shouldn't be any with the Hotchkis bar and the sway bar tabs that go with it, the calipers should be able to be front mounted with that set up.

Heck, even the stock 68-72 sway bars with the stock 68-72 location sway bar tabs can be made to clear front mounted calipers. It takes some trial and error and shortening the end links, but it can and has been done.