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I have a 69 Fastback Barracuda that i want to do the leaf spring relocation .It looks like the leaf springs will hit the gas tank. Has anybody done this to a 69 Fastback?
 
I didn't do the work but mine has the offset shackles relocation kit. If that's what you have, mine dosnt touch the tank but it tries to take up the space of the stock tailpipe exits. I run full exhaust and even a 2 1/4" pipe is tight
 
On my 68 Barracuda,
The factory tubs have no problems at all running 275s on 8.5s on the stock 8.75 rear end, lowered or not.
The offset shackles allow the tires to be moved inboard far enough to rub on the inner walls of the tubs, so there is no point in moving the springs any further, until the tubs are modified..
I have moved the springs that far, and had no trouble with the fuel tank.
My pipes are 3 in/3 out, and while the tailpipes are a tightfit, mine don't actually hit anything, even after I lowered the car.
With the springs moved, my factory tubs accepted 295/50-15s on 10" rims, with no problems. With just a lil hammerring in all the right spots, those same tubs accepted 325/50-15s also on 10s. My car is lowered, so it was tight, and I had to slow down for the turns............
I narrowed the rear so that I could run standard 4.5bs wheels.
 
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AJ/FormS said:
On my 68 Barracuda,
The factory tubs have no problems at all running 275s on 8.5s on the stock 8.75 rear end, lowered or not.
The offset shackles allow the tires to be moved inboard far enough to rub on the inner walls of the tubs, so there is no point in moving the springs any further, until the tubs are modified..
I have moved the springs that far, and had no trouble with the fuel tank.
My pipes are 3 in/3 out, and while the tailpipes are a tightfit, mine don't actually hit anything, even after I lowered the car.
With the springs moved, my factory tubs accepted 295/50-15s on 10" rims, with no problems. With just a lil hammerring in all the right spots, those same tubs accepted 325/50-15s also on 10s. My car is lowered, so it was tight, and I had to slow down for the turns............
I narrowed the rear so that I could run standard 4.5bs wheels.
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Hey AJ, just curious, are you running 3" exhaust with factory style chrome tips out the dual exhaust cut out rear valence? I'm asking because on mine the offset shackles on mine make it all but impossible to line the tip up with the cut out. I'll post a picture when I get home. Maybe I've got some bootleg shackles.
 
AJ/FormS said:
On my 68 Barracuda,
The factory tubs have no problems at all running 275s on 8.5s on the stock 8.75 rear end, lowered or not.
The offset shackles allow the tires to be moved inboard far enough to rub on the inner walls of the tubs, so there is no point in moving the springs any further, until the tubs are modified..
I have moved the springs that far, and had no trouble with the fuel tank.
My pipes are 3 in/3 out, and while the tailpipes are a tightfit, mine don't actually hit anything, even after I lowered the car.
With the springs moved, my factory tubs accepted 295/50-15s on 10" rims, with no problems. With just a lil hammerring in all the right spots, those same tubs accepted 325/50-15s also on 10s. My car is lowered, so it was tight, and I had to slow down for the turns............
I narrowed the rear so that I could run standard 4.5bs wheels.[/QU

Thanks , Just what i needed.
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B'cuda said:
are you running 3" exhaust with factory style chrome tips out the dual exhaust cut out rear valence?
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nope just TTI turn-downs, in trimmed cut-outs, tucked up high.
I'm not big on originality; the car started life as a 225/904/7.25
now it's a 367/A833/GVod/8.75/ trimmed sheet metal everywhere to fit whatever, lol.
Lemmee think; what's still original? Not suspension, not steering, not brakes. Not power-train, not; cooling, fuel, or ignition systems. Not windshield, not dash, not column, and not interior; not headlights, not tail-lights, not dash lites, not any of the wiring..
Oh I know;
the front grill is a 68. Don't know if it is the original tho.... and the back and side glass is 1968 original, and the floor is original; every square inch of it.
The factory tips are reduced to .........
IDK, I'll just say they're pretty small, .........
 
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