We changed the rear springs in the Valaint last fall. The process led to the disintegration of the original shackles. We had new poly bushings so I took a couple of sets of old shackles and 3/8 bolts and made up a temp set. The plan was to fab up a trick set at a more opportune time.
My new Summit catalouge listed Mopar Performance shackle kits! This was a new addition. They were listed at $39 a set. Well! At that price why make up your own.
They arrived the other day. Turns out they are $39 a side. Turns out they are made in China. Turns out the boxes they came in are so bad Summit had to repackage them.
These things are CRAP! Do yourself a favour and make up your own.

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Yeah....Im the one who destroyed this rare, vintage automobile.....

I bought some JC Whitney shackles several years ago, the metal is good, but the rubber bushings disintegrated after a few thousand miles.

I make my own with cold rolled steel bar and 1/2" bolts (weld bolt heads to bar), then use poly bushings. Some work, but will be bullet and flex proof...

Lou

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Home of Slant6-powered fun machines since 1988

I thought I saw shackles listed on www.espo.com as well.

i bought mine from ESPO at carlisle this year. he even made up a set forme with A-bod bushings on one side and B/E body bushings on the other side for my monoleaf springs i have.

--chad

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74 swinger slant 6, the slowest, most fun car i have ever owned.

Monoleaf springs? Interesting! Can you tell us more?

the mono leafs i have are a set from calvert racing. they are normally used with the calvert cal-trac traction device. these were a pre-production set and for a stick car like my other dart---were way to light, and flexed excessivly under the modified v-8. they made me a new set and didn't want the old ones back, so they collected dust in the corner untill i bought the slant six car. they work fine for this application however. you can buy them, but they aren't cheap. i think like 350.00 rings a bell. they do take a bunch of weight off the car though. warning though, the front bushings are solid and do creek, which on a quieter car like this slant, can be a little annoying---even for someone like me that normally doesnt care about sqeeks and rattles. on a 2 chamber flowmaster v-8, i never heard it.

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74 swinger slant 6, the slowest, most fun car i have ever owned.