Thanks all for your outstanding input. One of the important things that I forgot to mention is the wheels. One of my friends is a Goodyear store manager and helped me realize there are a lot more options with a bigger wheel, say 17" or 18". Not only that, but as mentioned you get better performance while still trying to maintain that old-school look. Right now, I'm leaning toward the Rally wheels, but have not made a decision (and probably should soon), so if any of you want to add your 2 cents, please do as I enjoy seeing what others have done and might like another's recommendations.
72 Blu, your list is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I was, pretty much, intending to stay with the torsion bar configuration (unless someone could convince me otherwise given a very modest budget) and was hoping that someone had composed a list of more modern parts that work well together as I do not see any need to reinvent the wheel. THANK YOU!!!!!
Two more things for right now. First, I need to replace the axles as the ones in the rear end are small bolt patter and I want to go with the larger bolt pattern. I've read of a few places, like DTS and (forgive me if I get this wrong as I'm writing this on the fly) Dr. Diff, and was wondering what else may be out there and what your experiences were with the various distributors. I've read here that some have had bad experiences with PST and was wondering if they've improved their customer service and/or their products since.
Second, earlier this year I was enjoying others' projects and saw where one of you replaced the hood hinge springs with hydraulic supports and thought that would be a great upgrade. Does anyone know that build and have a link to it? If anyone has a better hinge system, I'm all ears.
Again, thank you all for your input - it is greatly appreciated.
MIKE
FANTUM
