I notice that I have some rust a couple of inches behind the shock towers. One side is pretty bad looking.

I see Rick's FirstGen sells replacement shock towers to weld in. Would this be an extremely delicate, difficult, and expensive repair?

Also, since this is a 67, can I have '68 shock towers welded in and change my lower shock mount to effectively "stagger" the shocks?

Thanks!!

Delicate....Are you inner wheel houses solid? If they are, not to bad. If they are soft, prepare to replace them also. Dificult, not really, at least I dont think so. Expensive, thats a question for the individual that is going to do the work, but it could be. And, No, you cant put 68 towers in. The mounting plates are different and the left side is different on a 67, but the right side sheet metal is the same on a 67 & 68. You must have an early car if your wanting to stagger the shocks.

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67 Camaro SS Conv.
70 Challenger R/T Conv.

The car is a 67, and like all 67s have both rear shocks forward of the axle. This can cause a pretty bad wheel hop condition. Chevrolet solved it for the 68 model year by mounting the driver side shock behind the axle.

The reason I asked about switching to the 68 mount is that the catalog picture (Ricks), the outer dimensions of the patch look identical. Only the shock mount are looks different (elongated for the 68 to mount further back). I figured it might weld in the same area and I can get the 68 lower shock mount.

btw, the inner wheelhousings look solid. It appears the rust was caused by the usual rear window/trunk seal leaks.

One thing you would want to look into is if the 68 shock tower would mate to the 67 inner wheelhouse. The 67 LH inner wheelhouse is different than the 68 and 69 due to the non staggered shock setup

Quite frankly I dont see a reason a guy couldnt put the 68 plates into it. Its major surgery, and alot of work. You have the frame rails, on top of them are the reinforcement plates, its what gives the shock area strength and then the shock tower sheet metal. And Im pretty sure that both sides are different from a 67 to a 68(the plates).

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67 Camaro SS Conv.
70 Challenger R/T Conv.

Good point about the frame rails and reinforcement plates. They are probably different between 67 and 68 and could cause problems.

I think I'll probably stick with the 67 mount and try to solve the wheel hop another way.

Thanks guys!

I have a ? then, My car has the same issue. heres a pic

http://www.geocities.com/macphreak4evr/floor+trunk/left_trunk_rotprev.jpg

when I look at my rusty thing it looks like the frame piece is what the shock connects to , not the metal floor area. or is this not correct. do they sell the replacement metal for the frame also? I was going to tackle that project this winter. I have heard that if you replace the shock patches you need to weld on the shock mount also. , I thought it sandwiched itself in there...



[This message has been edited by Chris Edwards (edited 05-23-2000).]

Chris, If you look up from the bottom, you can see the plates,(Im 99% sure they are different from 67 to 68). They are welded to the frame rails. Then the floor goes into place(the trunk/shock tower and 1/2 of the rear floor to the seam is all 1 piece of metal)and then the small pieces that the shocks actually get bolted to are spot welded to the floor/shock towers(the part that can be bought aftermarket)they will come right off with a quick blast from a air chisel. If you need shock towers, the pieces that American Designers Inc. in Indiana make are REAL nice. Of what I can make out in your pic, all you need are the shock towers, cause your shocks will not let go(come thru the floor)due to the piece that stays attached to the shock on the bottom side that actually fits under the plates that are welded to the rails(know what Im talking about?)unless the plates actually come off the rails. If I have you confused, let me know.

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67 Camaro SS Conv.
70 Challenger R/T Conv.