Rocker Panel Replacement...And Beyond

[57AGIN]

Petew:

You have and are going to have one very clean 57 when you are done.  Very , very nice.  I have the Thunderbird Southwest sway bar on the front of my 57, but not yet on the rear.  My car still leans a bit even with the much beefier front sway bar.  I'll probably end up getting the rear one, too.  Additional photos of the rear sway bar install would be helpful, if available.

Bob
57 AGIN

[hiball3985]

Jerry...the tbirdssw's sway bar kits are mfg. by them, but are also distributed by Concorse. They are heavy, so in your case the better deal may be Concorse since they are in Nevada....may be a savings in shipping costs as t'b sw is in Texas.
Pete...Thanks for posting the pics of the rear sway bar in particular....we've had the fronts before, but not too much posted on the rear that I remember. Is that all of the rear's bracketry involved, or is there something we can't see?

I ordered mine from Concourse but I guess they don't stock or ship them, it was shipped from Texas $50

[petew]

I'll take some more pictures of the rear sway bar tomorrow and post them.
As luck would have it although Thunderbirds Southwest is in Texas the sway bars are produced in North Carolina so shipping was reasonable and fast.
The cost quoted for the front and rear kits was $425.00 plus shipping. Concours has them listed for $409.95 , I mentioned that and Thunderbirds Southwest gave them to me for that price.

[Jerry Box]

Thanks for all the info looking forward to more of your posts

[petew]

attempting to post pictures...

[petew]

more

[petew]

and more, site is picky today will only allow one pic at a time

[petew]

and more again

[petew]

and last. I had to make a bracket to space the brake line junction up 2 " to clear the sway bar. A piece of 1/8" steel ,two bends and a couple of holes did the trick.

[petew]

oops posted a double back there, so this is the last one..

[RICH MUISE]

Nice job...thanks for posting the pics. We're going to need to find this so I think I'll do a post titled "rear sway bar" and just put a link to this thread...LOL..don't think too many of us will think to look under "rocker panel replacement" for it a few week from now.

[Jerry Box]

Great pictures you must get to work on your car all the time. I'm lucky if I get one day every other week. But by watching you keeps me excited about working on mine.

[petew]

Dash is assembled now I need to wire it...

[Jeff Norwell]

Just OUTSTANDING petew!!!
I just love the way you have tackled the whole project.Stellar!

[VwDrvFnd]

ahhhhhhh I NEED THAT! SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Dash is assembled now I need to wire it...