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Old 11-20-2012, 04:02 AM   #1561
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Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...

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Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry View Post
Need a mill and lathe to make them that nice.
A double shear tabbed connection is plenty strong for a strut tower bar. No lathe or mill needed to make those.

I have been running this type of connection on transmission crossmembers for 25 years in all kinds of drag cars & muscle cars with no failures.
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