Street Freaks, Customs, Rods, Street Machines...60's 70's 80's

ProjectBazza said

Like I tell my wife: All of 'em! :lol:

Seriously though, I got to the point where I could change-out that rear-end in about an hour, and I had the number to a local JY memorized! Stock Vega/Monza rear ends would last about a week or two, and then for some strange reason(!) they'd would blow-up on me! (Go figure!) So I'd yank 'em out, do a Lincoln Locker on 'em with dad's buzz box, put it back in, and hop-skip around corners for another couple weeks weeks....until I had do it all over again. Got pretty good at stick welding spider gears, that's for sure....

Wish I know then how much I'd miss that car now.

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I had a friend who put a 327 in a '73. He was like you, could put a JY rear in it with his eyes closed. He eventually put a 12 bolt in it, and then it would rip the suspension arm mounts from the body. So, he put a rear sub frame in it. It held up, but it weighed more than his brother's '68 350 Camaro. :wtf:

Oh, he had side pipes on it, too. It was the easiest way to run an exhaust. No room under those little things.


While I'm hijacking, another friend bought a '74 that had an aluminum 215 Olds, 4spd, and a rear from a V6 Starfire, or something. It didn't have the 327's power, but it ran well. It was well balanced, smooth, and quiet, as compared to that 327 monster, which was nose heavy and loud (but fun!).