Custom Early A-Body K-Frame (Spool mounts, Thru-bolt Idler, Later Sway Bar)

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For Sale: Custom K-Frame for an 63-66 A-Body
Shipping from: Spokane, Washington, zip 99001
Price: $250 OBO plus shipping and PayPal fees (if applicable)
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This is a late model k-frame that I sectioned to fit the frame rails of a early a-body, and then moved the motor mounts to match the motor location. I wanted a better idler arm arrangement, motor mounts and sway bar, so this is what I did. I've included links to threads I started when I was building it, just for some history.

Only issues is the passenger side motor mount could use a little more clearance, and the sway bar mounts on the lower control arms are off if you use stock arms with the mounts in the factory locations. I've had this bolted into the car for some time, and had a sway bar mounted with the factory mounts, but my plan was to grab some non-sway bar lower arms and weld new mounts to them in a new location.

http://www.slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17714

http://slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21787

http://slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23388

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This would go well with a set of Schumacher V8 conversion mounts if you didn't want a slant. Give you the best of the later model A-Body suspension pieces but in the early A-Body shell.
 
I'd have to look it up, but I shipped the original one that came out of the car to southern Cali and it didn't seem too bad. Went FedEx, seems like maybe $35? But that was several years ago.

Give me a zip and I will look it up. ;-)
 
Yes, moved the mounts back 2", but only after I thougth I was done and tried to bolt it into the car. That was a fun discovery. In some ways, I guess you could say I had to build it twice, once when I moved the motor mounts out after sectioning it and then again when I moved them forward.

I can't really say I gave up on it, more gave up on the car. It was really rusty, and I had a perfectly good original 4 speed Duster that was far closer to being drivable than the Valinat was. With no garage and limited yard, something had to go and the Valiant was it.
 
Cool. I have too much stuff going on to mess with it but someone should want it. Do you have the '69 idler arm to go with it?
 
I had a brand new idler, but I sold it. I swapped my Duster back to the '73 and up stuff recently (previous owner put '68-'72 stuff on it) and still have that idler, but I don't know how many miles it had on it. Seemed fine though, I swapped to try and fix a clearance issue.
 
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