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FYI: I will pick up this thread again with more pics and description when I have time. I need to pull the interior from my car before I can start welding to the floorpan, but first I am working on some rust repair in the trunk and rear bumper mount area.
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Could anyone post a pic of how the e-brake on a 68 fury is routed, so I don't block it when I tie the frame. mine was never there since i've owned the car.
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341fury wrote ...
Could anyone post a pic of how the e-brake on a 68 fury is routed, so I don't block it when I tie the frame. mine was never there since i've owned the car.
Look in the following thread. I made links to older forum threads with pictures of other peoples' subframe connector solutions, including how they got around the e-brake.
BTW, a company named Auto Rust Technicians used to make subframe connectors for C-bodies. On the drivers side one, they had holes for the e-brake cable to pass through. That is one solution.
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Well, I finally finished and installed my subframe connectors. Here are some more pics as promised.
I cut some triangles to use as gussets for extra reinforcement. I held the connector in place at the back with a floor jack and tack-welded them in place. Shown below is the drivers side connector. You can see that the e-brake cable just passes below it.
Here is another last-minute change. I angled the rear edge of the connector where it meets the rear subframe, so it looks more finished than just a big open hole at the end of the box. Again, I tack-welded it then removed the connector to finish it.
Here is the back end of one after finishing the angle modification
Here are the finished connectors, painted with weld-through primer. I also drilled a 3/8 hole in the bottom at the lowest point. I plan to oil-spray the inside of them, then plug the hole with a plastic plug to keep grime out.
Passenger side connector installed.
Drivers side connector installed.
A few notes:
I weighed the connectors before installing. They are 10.5 lb each.
Thankfully, the connectors do not cover the holes where the seat bolts pass through the floor.
They do interfere a bit with the ribbing in the floorpan in the rear footwells and push it up a bit, perhaps 1/8". I got inside the car and beat the floorpan with a BFH over the spots that interfere, crushing the ribs a bit so the floor will not be lifted. I considered drilling holes in the floorpan at the interference points and welding the floorpan to the connectors. In the end I didn't bother. Still could do this though.