Rear Track Bar (Panhard Bar) Continued

Looks like the original coil springs. It has the paint marks on the other side to identify them. I wish they would not have changed the front coil springs as the car sits too high in front.

Since the car was in the air for the first time I took this opportunity to examine the rest of the undercarriage.

Oh look the nice Edelbrock coolant pump is leaking and it had antifreeze in it at one time. What a shocker Edelbrock leaking. Good thing I ordered a standard new Wells coolant pump to replace this. The cooling system is next on this as all the parts should be delivered this weekend. The car has no heat and the engine runs cold.

The front steering has loads of play. It looks like all the critical components were replaced sand a rebuild a on the steer gear, it's just dripping. I would wager heavily the Pitman shaft bushing is worn inside the case and possibly the rack and worm assembly as well. But it does have a newer Pitman arm on it. Those are only available by Rare Parts so kudos to the previous owner on that one.

He had the heavier duty sintered bearing idler installed. Again well done.

The ball joints and tie rods are also replaced and it looks like the front bushings as well. I see Moog on the dust covers of the tie rods. Again top notch parts.

Here's something I can't wait to replace. That transmission. It's clearly a rebuilt unit ( I found a tag on it) and has that damn shift kit in it. It's really annoying to drive. Someone please help me understand why a transmission has to shift uncomfortably hard?!

What a shocker the rear mount is missing the safety brace.

Rear hose needs replacing (cracking).

Well the rest of the rear axle bushings are obliterated, this one is trying to escape its can. The other side of the can is rubbing on the frame... nice..

The other ones aren't doing that much better. The lower control arm bushings are crumbling as well. I took it out for a test drive after the track bar was replaced and it's much better. However hard acceleration you still just feel the axle moving around. The rest of the control arm bushing need replacing. Let me clarify something, when I say hard acceleration, I mean as much as this tired cheesy, Y code, low factory horsepower 390 can generate and it isn't much.