1967 or 68 Strut Rod- Little Help!

Pbum5

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Little Help.

Is this a strut rod for a 1967 or 68?
I know that 68 will work in a 67 if you have the lower control arm and strut rod. Is that what I have here? Is it’s1967 and am I fine.

It is in a 1967 that I am replacing the front suspension on. I ordered and have a 1967 kit. I think this a 68- strut rod. Am I wrong? If it is will it work on my new 67 lower control arm? What are my options here and will it work?
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1966conv

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67 strut rods will not work on a 68 LCA, so I can't imagine a 68 strut rod working on a 67. 68 seems to be a dumb year when it comes to suspension work.
Although the UCA's are the same.

 

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67 it is straight the 68 are bent

67 is an odd year they use 66 style strut arms but with the 67/68 length LCA. In 68 they went with the bent style and that is how it remained till 73 I think. A 67 LCA does not have the correct holes for a 68 strut and the 68 do not have the correct holes for the 67. The stop was also moved from the strut to the LCA in 68

 

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Jester67 said:

67 it is straight the 68 are bent

67 is an odd year they use 66 style strut arms but with the 67/68 length LCA. In 68 they went with the bent style and that is how it remained till 73 I think. A 67 LCA does not have the correct holes for a 68 strut and the 68 do not have the correct holes for the 67. The stop was also moved from the strut to the LCA in 68

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Thanks. I just got my years confused. So this is a 67 and I have nothing to worry about.. For some reason I thought that 67 was bent and 68 was strait. That’s what scared my when I looked at mine. I figured that it was swapped somewhere along it life. I guess I am good to go.

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1966conv said:

67 strut rods will not work on a 68 LCA, so I can't imagine a 68 strut rod working on a 67. 68 seems to be a dumb year when it comes to suspension work.
Although the UCA's are the same.

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i have always been told 67 is the stupid year

 

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Go easy on the 67...just because I own one. There are some suspension parts that are 67 only so I guess it was a strange year. I try to think of strange as rare to make me feel better.

 

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I guess that's what makes 67's so Special!!

 

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I'm having a harder tim on my 68 suspension than on a 67-go figure! It seems they list more 68 only parts than 67 only. But that's maybe because I'm looking for 68.