|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 81
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 81 |
Why do the cocktail shakers seem too tall for my 68 Firebird? I barely got this one wrestled in place and it appears that the upper bolt holes are above the holes/nuts on the trunk rail.
Don
1968 Convertible, 455, 4 speed
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 232
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 232 |
They are a tight fit. I would guess your sheet metal (floor or quarter) were redone and are a little off.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 6,158 Likes: 51
Administrator
|
|
Administrator
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 6,158 Likes: 51 |
Are both sides like that?
Jim
'68 400HO Conv.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 20,054
Administrator
|
|
Administrator
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 20,054 |
is it correct year? not sure if bracketry changed height
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 10,337 Likes: 3
Premium Member
|
|
Premium Member
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 10,337 Likes: 3 |
Shaker is correct for '68. I think Jim's statement is correct. Likely new quarters and/or trunk pan are off.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold  1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 81
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 81 |
The opposite side is a little tighter and I have not been able to get the cocktail shaker into place yet. Can the trunk pan or quarter panels be adjusted to get more room?
Don
1968 Convertible, 455, 4 speed
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 20,054
Administrator
|
|
Administrator
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 20,054 |
The opposite side is a little tighter and I have not been able to get the cocktail shaker into place yet. Can the trunk pan or quarter panels be adjusted to get more room? using a BFH......lol I`m sure trunk floor pan can be adjusted some.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 626
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 626 |
No way any "adjustment" of floor or quarter will allow them to fit...not without doing substantial damage to the panels anyway. The only way would be to try spreading the lower frame rail and upper quarter panel rail with a port-a-power or something and see which spot welds tear loose and which panels buckle. Next thing you know you've got 2 cocktail shakers properly installed and your decklid doesn't fit or close anymore...
It would be far smarter IMO to just elongate the upper holes in the cocktail shakers and be done with it. Or relocating the nuts on the upper quarter panel rail probably wouldn't be too difficult either. Or maybe you can bend/modify/replace the brackets on the shakers themselves.
|
|
|
|
Forums57
Topics35,534
Posts298,850
Members8,862
| |
Most Online19,810
Feb 1st, 2026
|
|
|
1 members (Dr. Drivability),
1,839
guests, and
212
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
There are no members with birthdays on this day. |
|
|
|
