Swaybar Looking Thing?

daveylin · Post by **daveylin** » Tue May 02, 2006 6:38 pm

Hello all,

Im still new to roadsters so Im not sure the purpose of the sway bar looking thing in the trunk... then ends are not connected to anything, yet it is held down with two U shaped bolts....

What is this for??

67 1/2 1600 · Post by **67 1/2 1600** » Tue May 02, 2006 6:44 pm

Thing in the trunk that looks liek a swaybar??? post pics....

daveylin · Post by **daveylin** » Tue May 02, 2006 6:57 pm

Car is a few hundred miles from me now, I will take pics when I go work on it again in a few weeks.

The best way I can describe it is that its a almost W looking metal bar that looks exactly like a sway bar... but it is mounted on the inside of the trunk with two U bolts that go through the trunk and tighten under the trunk. The ends of the bar are not connected to anything as I said and I can rotate the bar in place...

Import_sounds-of-mid-GA · Tue May 02, 2006 6:59 pm

"Custom" homeade sway bar? attempt at ridgity?

Post by **Datrock** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:32 pm

Are you sure it's not there to hang the fuel tank? You never know what the PO may have done. The trunk is a very stressed out area with the fuel tank hanging on the body and the rear trunk area usually cracks after awhile. I would look under the car to see if the fuel tank straps are hanging from it. Bill

daveylin · Post by **daveylin** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:45 pm

Actually come to think of it, you may be right... the trunk is rusted and thin and i think the fuel tank may of been connected to that... do I need to replace the trunk? I was going to get the POR15 trunk repair kit...