Front Sway Bar

[BlueSS454]

I'm getting ready to roder some suspension parts and have a question about the front sway bar.  I see 2 different ones listed by Addco.  One of them is for vehicles that came with a factory bar, the other I am guessing is for those that did not.  The K frame out of my 69 has holes drilled in the front of it for the OEM plates that hold the sway bar up.  It also has the holes drilled on the sides like an E body K frame.  I have the bar that came off the car which has only 1 of those front mount plates on it, the other one is MIA.  I do not have the brackets to mount the bushings on the side like the E body, although I can probably get them from a junk yard car.  The LCA's have the mount on them for the end links.  I can get a picture of the K frame if needed, I finally got it reassembled.

[8WHEELER]

In 69 there was two types of sway bars used, there were some that came with the 70 style bar and brackets, but
most of them came the 68 style mounting brackets. The first two pics below are 68 and 69 style, and the last pic
is of the 70 bar and brackets. Finding the brackets by then self's is not so easy unless you get lucky in a bone yard
and they will sell them separate.

Dan

[BlueSS454]

I have the 68-early 69 type.  Does the Addco bar come with all the necessary hardware to install it?  I only have the one bracket on the original sway bar and I noticed that it needs to be sliced open to remove it. 
I was looking at this one:  For cars equipped with a factory sway bar which obvisouly mine was

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=ACO%2D541G&N=400048+4294923769+4294908110+115&autoview=sku

The other one they list is this one:  For cars not equipped with a factory sway bar.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=ACO%2D154G&N=400048+4294923769+4294908110+115&autoview=sku

I just want to make sure I order the right one so I don't have to send anything back.

[8WHEELER]

All the kits I have seen in person have had to use the suplied mounting brackets that come with the kit that
mounts to the K-Frame. I have never seen anybody use the original K-Frame sway bar brackets with the new
larger 1-1/8 sway bar. I am not saying it can't be done, but every person I have seen has just used the K-Frame
brackets that come with the kits. I did not read in there where it says it comes with new 1-1/8 sway bar
bushings for the original K-Frame brackets.
I think the reason they keep saying ''came with a factory sway bar'' is so that your car has the round sway
bar bracket you would have on you lower control arm on a charger anyway, you might call and ask there
tech line, evan though I called  MPB tech line a couple weeks ago and they were no help.

Dan

[BlueSS454]

I was just concerned about mounting locations that's all.  I wanted to make sure I didn't have to go hunt down the flat braces that the sway bar bushings mount to on the 70-74 E body type sway bar, that's all .

[Lostsheep]

So I take it that Addco is the best thing out there right now.

[BrianShaughnessy]

So I take it that Addco is the best thing out there right now.

I put on the firm feel.   Works good.   Nice HD brackets.... have to enlarge the existing holes and drill 2 more.
http://firmfeel.com/swaybars_b.htm
Costs more than addco tho.   

[Lostsheep]

Those are some nice reinforced brackets! Does the Addco rear bar hang below the rear end?

[Rolling_Thunder]

addco bar does hang down below the differential...      The only other oddball system out there is the Hotchkis system that uses wishbone links...     this is no longer available

[Lostsheep]

addco bar does hang down below the differential...      The only other oddball system out there is the Hotchkis system that uses wishbone links...     this is no longer available

Yeah that kinna sucks, I was at one point hoping to get the Hotchkis sway bars. Too bad theyre discontinued.