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Hi John,
This is my car...not Dale's (although they are similar) - there are some very important differences. Dale has a '67 and I've got a '66. This means that the rear axle install is slightly different between the cars. In Dale's case, the brackets from his old rear were removed (after a jig was fabricated to locate them on the donor axle) and were welded onto the 240 rear with the brackets removed.
The '66 (AKA my car) had the pressed steel torque rods that were not re-fit to the 240 rear. Instead I chose to do a hybrid between the 240 and the 122. I used the 240 torque rods on top of the axle and a custom fabricated set of lower arms to locate the axle. This involved more fabrication as the front of the axle locating arms had to be fabricated onto the car (welded on new brackets) that allow for perpendicular bushings instead of the factory bolt/bushing arrangement.
The following threads explain:
http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo/1237375/120-130/240_rear_end_conversion_progress.html
http://www.calgaryvolvoclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1305
It's not all that hard to do - but it isn't a walk in the park if you've got a '66 either. The arm arrangement on the '67 just makes it a little easier as you don't have to mess around with all of the other fabrication (arms, mounts etc).
Craig
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