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Depends on what you are going to do with the car. Cruiser, spirited street driving, Autocross?
On my '68 I used the stock control arms, Addco 1 1/8" sway bar, KYB gas shocks. I'm running 17" rims with Wilwood disc brakes. If you are contemplating using larger than 15" diameter rims then I suggest running aftermarket control arms. The additional caster will help the car track better on really bad roads with short sidewall tires. On good roads, no issue. (We have some really bad rural roads in NW Indiana) The larger than stock sway bar is a huge improvement over stock.
I drove my '68 with 4 wheel drum brakes for many, many years. Factory discs or aftermarket, switch to discs! Even in fine condition the drum brakes suck. Of all the modifications I made to my car I love the brakes the most. A lot of go is nothing but scary without a lot of stopping power.


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Dennis
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Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 11/22/19 11:15 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bluebird428 11/23/19 03:43 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bob S. 11/24/19 07:18 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations anguilla1980 11/25/19 07:17 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations ramair68 11/25/19 10:56 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Dennis in Indiana 11/26/19 03:40 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bluebird428 11/28/19 09:54 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Gus68 11/29/19 08:17 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 12/15/19 10:03 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations USMC_Ordy 12/17/19 09:40 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Dennis in Indiana 12/18/19 04:48 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations USMC_Ordy 12/18/19 09:54 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 12/18/19 11:57 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations USMC_Ordy 12/19/19 09:35 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 01/31/20 11:14 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 02/02/20 01:25 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Gus68 02/02/20 01:38 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Firebob 02/02/20 02:20 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 02/02/20 02:46 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bluebird428 02/02/20 03:18 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bluebird428 02/02/20 03:20 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bluebird428 02/02/20 03:25 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Gus68 02/02/20 07:22 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 02/05/20 02:23 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Firebob 02/05/20 05:59 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Gus68 02/05/20 03:34 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 02/06/20 09:23 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Firebob 02/07/20 03:29 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 02/23/20 09:10 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations anguilla1980 02/24/20 01:31 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Firebob 02/24/20 02:50 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations FirebirdMike 02/24/20 06:22 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Gus68 02/24/20 07:03 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations pullngz 02/24/20 08:56 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Gus68 02/24/20 11:57 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Firebob 02/25/20 04:59 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Gus68 02/26/20 04:13 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 02/06/20 09:21 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 12/22/19 03:14 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations USMC_Ordy 12/23/19 09:45 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 12/28/19 01:17 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bluebird428 12/28/19 03:08 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Firebob 12/28/19 05:58 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations 68tpls400 12/28/19 06:00 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bluebird428 12/30/19 02:05 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Firebob 12/30/19 06:09 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Gus68 02/28/20 11:50 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bluebird428 02/29/20 08:08 PM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 12/31/19 03:19 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations Bluebird428 12/31/19 03:41 AM
Re: Front Suspension Recommendations D4VE67 03/02/20 10:35 PM

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