ID this rear sway bar

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GP403

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So something that's been bugging me for years now, is the sway bar on the GP. (I finally remembered to get a pic) I'm not sure it belongs to a G-Body, but I don't know what else it would be from that it would fit between the control arms and mount up etc. Here's a pic. Notice how it just goes straight across right up against the cover, where the other rear bars I've seen have a curve that goes around the cover. This bar has been on the car literally for decades and I don't know where Dad got it. *shrug*. It's possible he said it came from whatever car the rear end is from, but like I said, decades. I can get more pix of the mounting locations etc. if needed. Yeah I thought that pic was better, I'll add some more if I can get behind the car to do it now that its tucked in the corner :mad:
 

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I'm sure I've read on here...somewhere... that the straight bar was on the 78 model year?

I'll have to try a search...
 
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found this thread from last year...this is probably where I read it...

 
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found this thread from last year...this is probably where I read it...

That would probably explain it. Guess I missed that thread last year, or just forgot :oops: Thanks!
 

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I have a straight rear bar on my Bonneville. A lot of the 78-80 Monte Carlos came with the straight rear bar and most of those are 3/4" or 5/8".
The one I am using is a 7/8". Trying to keep the sleeper image,I figure the straight bar is harder to see.

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If its true, I don't know but my 78 had a straight bar in it when I got it. Mine did have the rear end replaced with a 3.42 posi 7.5 out of a W30 cutlass from what I was told when I got it.
 
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This is the bar on my Bonneville. I probably have 3 or 4 of the 3/4” straight bars in my shed. I’ve sold quite a few of the typical 7/8” F41 bars but no one has ever asked for one of the straight ones.
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I got one on my '81 Monte that I got off a Hurst/Olds (can't remember if it was a '78 or '79) in a junk yard back in the mid '90's & its close to an 1" dia. I've only seen them on Olds. My '79 Monte I had back in the early '90's had the round center type.
 
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My 1979 Hurst has the bar with the dip in the center. I have 2 straight bars, a 3/4in and a 7/8in, that were pulled from a 1978 442 and a 1979 Calais.

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It would be nice to jack up my car without the sway bar being right under the diff.
 
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