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K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement #1177252 02/12/12 06:35 PM 02/12/12 06:35 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 202 Texas E ef8Cuda340 OP enthusiast
ef8Cuda340 OP enthusiast E Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 202 Texas	Can someone tell me which K-frame I can substite that will be a direct replacment. A friend of mine has 3 spare ones. One from each year E-body 71, 72 and 73. Will either of these work? Any other B or E-body models that will work? Car is a 1970 Charger R/T 440. Thanks!

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: ef8Cuda340] #1177253 02/12/12 06:38 PM 02/12/12 06:38 PM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	E body steering box is at a different angle & in theory shouldn't be used.... That said I swapped a 70 Charger K into a 70 Cuda years ago & it worked fine..... Clear as mud... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1177254 02/12/12 06:40 PM 02/12/12 06:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,449 Gateway to the West. hemi_harvester master
hemi_harvester master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,449 Gateway to the West.	I would stick with a 67-70 member, but if you are going to use any listed try the 71 or 72 the 73 should have spool mounts on it. There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama & people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good.

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: hemi_harvester] #1177255 02/12/12 06:45 PM 02/12/12 06:45 PM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	67-69 don't work with the later design sway bar... Gotta be 70.... And to be semi correct on an R/T it should have the skid plate.... Which I'd save off the original K member... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1177256 02/12/12 07:09 PM 02/12/12 07:09 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,134 phx M metalgod top fuel
metalgod top fuel M Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,134 phx	i have one for you i can have it powdercoated and shipped to your door if you are interestedEmail me @junkpartz@aol.com

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: ef8Cuda340] #1177257 02/12/12 07:21 PM 02/12/12 07:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass DAYCLONA I Live Here
DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	technically the 70 B body K frame is a one year only offering, but as Randy stated about swapping a 70 B into an E body it can be done, the angle degree isn't that critical that you'll have problems with the pitman arm angle....either of the E (70-4 E body are all the same) or a 71-2 B body K's would work

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: hemi_harvester] #1177258 02/12/12 07:29 PM 02/12/12 07:29 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass DAYCLONA I Live Here
DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Quote: I would stick with a 67-70 member, but if you are going to use any listed try the 71 or 72 the 73 should have spool mounts on it. A 73 B body would have spool mounts,....all the E bodies are the same K, 70-4...no spool mounts

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: ef8Cuda340] #1177259 02/12/12 07:33 PM 02/12/12 07:33 PM
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QuickBpBp master Q Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,343 SE PA.	I have a nice un-bent super clean 70 Charger "coin" K-member. I'd sell it for $75 but shipping would kill the deal....

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: QuickBpBp] #1177260 02/13/12 01:12 AM 02/13/12 01:12 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 202 Texas E ef8Cuda340 OP enthusiast
ef8Cuda340 OP enthusiast E Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 202 Texas	Quote: I have a nice un-bent super clean 70 Charger "coin" K-member. I'd sell it for $75 but shipping would kill the deal.... I am interested, but need your contact information.

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: ef8Cuda340] #1177261 02/13/12 04:13 AM 02/13/12 04:13 AM
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Kern Dog Striving for excellence Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA	The Skid plate only came on 6 pack and Hemi cars due to the deeper oil pan. Standard 440-4 barrel cars got the standard V8 K member.

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: Kern Dog] #1177262 02/13/12 05:02 AM 02/13/12 05:02 AM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Quote: The Skid plate only came on 6 pack and Hemi cars due to the deeper oil pan. Standard 440-4 barrel cars got the standard V8 K member. Is that what you read somewhere? Well guess again... I've owned 7 70 vintage U code cars & worked on more than 50... They all have skid plates... Fact is some 383 cars have skid plates too.... Oh BTW the 440-4 gets the big oil pan too.... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1177263 02/13/12 05:28 AM 02/13/12 05:28 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA Kern Dog Striving for excellence
Kern Dog Striving for excellence Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA	Well maybe my info is flawed. I look at alot of cars at shows, but I am not a numbers guy, crunching the fender tag codes like some guys do. I have only seen the skid plate on a few cars, and yes, I READ that the plate was exclusive to Hemi and 6 pack cars. Guess what? I am READING things on Moparts as well. Nothing to get all wigged out about.

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: Kern Dog] #1177264 02/13/12 05:52 AM 02/13/12 05:52 AM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Not wigged at all, I've always enjoyed all the flawed info in resto guides... I guess I have an advantage having worked on these cars when they were only a few years old... Hemi's got skid plates starting in 66, A12/M code/440-6 cars didn't get it in 69 and only got the standard 402 pan.. But starting in 70 the big pan & skid got used on all (most) U/V & R code B & E bodies... Plus some G/H & N code cars just because it was available...

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1177265 02/13/12 06:15 AM 02/13/12 06:15 AM
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Pyper70 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,907 Athens, Greece	my 70 U code had a skid-plate on it as well...I was baffled by it when I first saw it. Was before moparts...almost at the dawn of the Internet. Sure enough...440 Skid plate. I think 68-69 can bolt in bowever the sway bar mounts are in a different place on the 70. my Sway bar went through the K-Member between the skid plate and the member and bolted to the member by 2 bolts and one bracket on each side..on a 69 the sway bar goes over the front extension to the radiator support and bolts to the lower control arm. I don't see why a 69 wouldn't work, just have to open 2 holes on each side for the front sway bar brackets (if you have sway bar) Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

Re: K-Frame is bent on 70 Charger 440- need replacement [Re: QuickBpBp] #1177266 02/13/12 06:41 AM 02/13/12 06:41 AM
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astjp2 master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	You can fedex one for 45.00 anywhere in the lower 48. Tim Quote: I have a nice un-bent super clean 70 Charger "coin" K-member. I'd sell it for $75 but shipping would kill the deal....

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