1968 GTO Resto-Mod - Page 7 - Lateral-g Forums

**waynieZ** · #61 02-08-2014, 11:22 PM

Great back ground on the car and your family. You'll have a sweet ride and awesome memories when you get to take it out. Your doing a great job.

Vince@Meanstreets · #62 02-09-2014, 12:22 AM

your gonna love the lee set up. great wok. keep it up!!

1968 GTO Resto-Mod · #63 02-12-2014, 01:41 AM

hellwig front and rear anti-sway bars

1968 GTO Resto-Mod · #64 02-12-2014, 02:47 AM

started looking at the rear end today... currie currectrac upper and lower control arms.

1968 GTO Resto-Mod · #65 02-14-2014, 01:15 PM

lower control arms and springs are in place...

**waynieZ** · #66 02-14-2014, 01:23 PM

Those will definitely help the handling. Nice parts.

1968 GTO Resto-Mod · #67 02-19-2014, 01:18 AM

hellwig adjustable rear anti-sway bar installed.
greased everything real well during assembly.
won't torque down the fastening hardware until the full weight of the car is sitting on the suspension.
danny

1968 GTO Resto-Mod · #68 02-21-2014, 06:03 PM

here is the original motor mounting equipment.
i had always planned to just replace these components with high-quality aftermarket parts, but they actually seem to be in pretty good shape.
these mounts only traveled about 120,000 miles before disassembly and as far as i know the motor was never really shaken up too much.
i bought a set of engine mounts from napa because they were in stock and only $8 each, but they looked like poor quality korean-made tin foil toys, so i returned them.
butler performance offers a pair of polyurethane/stainless steel interlocking engine mounts for about $150.
does it make sense to re-use the original mounting system, or should i upgrade to the butler product?
i would really appreciate any thoughts you have on this one guys...
thanks!
danny

Roger Poirier · #69 02-24-2014, 01:31 PM

40 + year old engine mounts, are you kidding.

Safety first. Try a set from Year One. Good factory replacements.

By the way I like your build thread. My first car was a 1968 GTO. I now have a 1969 GTO Judge resto-mod that I had since the age of 16. Now over 40 years.

Nice attention to detail. I spent two years detailing my parts. This is what takes the car to the next level. Keep up the good work.

**tones2SS** · #70 02-24-2014, 06:44 PM

That is looking great! Nice build.
Don't know how I missed this one.