[Zappa's 68]

There is no specific kit for body mounts for a 68. My question is will the 68 chevelle body mounts work.....I gotta believe all A bodys are the same.....or at least close?

[marxjunk]

chevelle kits dont have enough bushings..in 68 the chevelle uses one bushing at the cowl GTO uses 2...i dont know the total number for sure, but i know the GTO uses more..there are blanks and there are working mounts...its about ride quality im sure..Buicks are the same way more bushings, but Ive seen cutlass' both ways....

[codyyy]

Energy Suspension does make a '68 body bushing kit. PY sells it, I believe it is part # RPU272A. Energy Suspension's part # I believe is 3.4115G. The kit doesn't include the metal sleeves, it is just the bushings. PY makes a hardware kit that includes the bolts and washers but no sleeves. I am debating reusing my sleeves since most of them are good but a few are pretty rotted. I'm not sure where to just buy the sleeves.

[webfoot]

I thought it was only convertibles with the extra bushing under the cowl.

[marxjunk]

it depends..all buicks use 2 bushings at the front...some GTOs do..they will either have 2 working bushings, or 1 working and one blank but they are equipped to use 2..and i have seen them equipped to use 2 and only have 1 with a bolt thru it and none in the second position....ive seen them both ways, but not sure whats correct..al 69-72 GPs use 2 at the cowl...I sell 20 or 30 front stubs to roundy round guys a year....

[69goatboy]

My 69 has two working mounts and two blank mounts under the cowl section. One and one on each side.

I bought my kit from the Paddock (everyone else was out of stock at the time) years ago, IIRC. It also included the core support bushings as well.

[webfoot]

Interesting info, thanks!

If all else fails, you could always order a kit for a chevelle convertible. The problem is the metal inserts, as noted. Hell I threw some decent ones away, if I'd have know you needed them I would have saved a few.

[codyyy]

I may just post a wanted ad on here, I only need like 2 or 3. I forget what size they are though, it looks like there are 2 or 3 different sized sleeves. I should have grabbed a few when I was at the junkyard last, I found a really nice '68 Tempest 4-door grandma car that I bet had some nice body mounts on it.
The Chevelle kit may come with the sleeves but I didn't want to guess at it.

[69goatboy]

I forgot to mention that the kit I got was a generic A-body kit, well at least I think it was.

But I do remember that the mounts had "Chevrolet" embossed on them, just like the old original ones I took out.

[69lm69gp]

Try here for sleeves:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#spacers-and-standoffs/=aqihc1

[codyyy]

Does anyone know if I was to cold galvanize these sleeves, if it would be worth it to do it, and if it will affect anything like the polyurethane or other metal around it? I doubt it would harm anything but just checking. I was thinking of buying a can of the Rustoleum cold galvanize stuff.