67 Ply Mini Tub Pic's

Im thinking of mini Tubbing my 67 Belvedere 1 street car. Im wanting to stay with Leaf springs and Im going to a Dana 60. I would like to see some Pic's so I could find the look Im after. I then can ask questions. Thanks and Im open to advice!!

I don't have any digital pics of mine to post, but could get some today. The main things to watch are the ridge of the outter wheelwell. It curves in to clear the back of the quarter panel,but the factory left lots of extra room you'll need. Take the outter out,split it where it will interfere,and weld a patch in the gap. Also be warned that if you maximize the distance you move the springs themselves in,they will likely hit the lip around the gas tank(deadblow fix) and force modification of the gas filler tube in the spring area. If you measure and fit everything to the max you can get a 315-60-15 M/Tdrag radial in and still be able to slide your fingers past both sides of it. http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r461/FriedDonuts/P1000654-1.jpg Not the best pic, but you get the idea.

That looks great. I just bought a 67 gtx and will be doing the same. What did you do to get the exhaust out the back? I figure the only way would be a fuel cell. Do you have any underneath pics? Thanks

Thanks, your car is beautiful. What did you do about the trunk brackets? Do you have any pics of the inside of the trunk? Thanks again.

http://www.moparts.org/moparts/carshow/2002/2/welderboy.html

Old man's car...springs inboard, fuel cell, leaves plenty of room for 3" tailpipes...

no pics of trunk, sorry.

I think you figure right. I initially ran it over the axle, between the spring and frame,and out behind the tire. This worked well on all of my tuning runs when I was alone in the car. With the wife and kid along there was enough suspension travel to "pinch" the pipe. I took the tailpipes off and installed turndowns until I can get a fuel cell in it and run the pipes straight out the back.

I'll have to get some digital pics to post, everything I have from that stage is in regular old fashioned prints. I did have to modify the trunk hinge brackets though. They are a 2 piece,spotwelded together affair. I drilled the spot welds out where the vertical portion makes the angle over to the stock wheelwell location. After the wheelwells were widened the remaining vertical portion of the hinge bracket lined up perfectly with the modified wheelwell. I also had to modify the rear seat frame to clear,but the seat cushion itself is unmodified.

Is the car black or dark green???

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Im thinking of mini Tubbing my 67 Belvedere 1 street car. Im wanting to stay with Leaf springs and Im going to a Dana 60. I would like to see some Pic's so I could find the look Im after. I then can ask questions. Thanks and Im open to advice!!

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Very easy to do, I did a mini-tub on my 67 Coronet a few years back. since then, I have added a stock width dana and am able to run 325x50x15 MT drag radials with plenty of room underneath. I posted these pics quite some time ago when this was a hot topic on here... the member on here by the name of Dragram also has done the same. Hope this helps.

Dave