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Old 15-10-2011, 11:01 AM   #1
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Default Original tramp rod mounting

hi im after some photos of the original tramp rods mounted to a car. i picked up a set and i want to make sure i mount them as per factory. close ups of the mounting points would be super thanks.

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Old 15-10-2011, 12:06 PM   #2
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these any good.. 9/73 tramps..









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Old 16-10-2011, 09:31 AM   #3
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spot on thanks!
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Old 17-10-2011, 02:47 AM   #4
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cheers big ears..
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Old 08-11-2011, 08:40 AM   #5
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Is there any difference in length between sedan and coupe?

Pretty sure there were two styles of tramp rod too.. an early and a late model.
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Old 08-11-2011, 01:42 PM   #6
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You need to make a nice solid steel crush tube to weld in the chassis , i've done a couple using 1" solid bar, bore a hole through and then weld in the chassis
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Old 09-11-2011, 05:48 PM   #7
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What's a tramp rod for?
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Old 09-11-2011, 07:42 PM   #8
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Which cars received tramp rods?
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Old 10-11-2011, 06:06 PM   #9
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Which cars received tramp rods?
the XB coupe
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Old 10-11-2011, 06:29 PM   #10
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Which other cars coped the tramps from factory?
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Old 10-11-2011, 07:08 PM   #11
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GT's and 351 cars.
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Old 10-11-2011, 08:11 PM   #12
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To be more specific, XA and XB GT's, P5 LTD's and Landaus. XC cop cars got a single tramp rod. XA with drum brake is usually a straight rod, and XB era disc brakes have the bent rods. Sedan and coupe are the same. The LTD units are longer bent rods.
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Old 10-11-2011, 09:20 PM   #13
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When i had my XB gt, it came with the factory rods. After it led a early demise at Oran park, we transfered everything into a XB falcon 500.
One job was to put the tramp rods in, i measured the GT and drilled in exactly the same spot on the '500... to my shock, there was a crush tube in the chassis aready.
This is the car i have now (the green one) and have since used the same hole and crush tube to mount the top control arm of the four link. also, the XE falcons i measured, they locate their top conrtrol arm in the same position!
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