My financial situation has changed for the worse as of late. I was looking at the FPA headers, but decided that they weren't going to happen (to spendy). Today I ordered some Headman 89100's for my truck.

Only to find out later that they won't fit on a "camper special" or any other truck that has a front sway bar.

Why does crap have to be so difficult?

So, does anyone know of a pair that will fit. The truck is a 72, F250, 2WD, 360, AT, Ranger XLT, Camper Special, PS, Oh and it's brown.

Thanks

Sam

 

Hi Sam, sorry for the lame question but I take it your CS has a sway bar?

 

i suspect that he mentioned that in his post , sorry i couldnt resist, bob

 

Yeah I knew I was setting myself up. The only reason I asked is because most of the pre-'73 CS's I've seen don't have one. And the one's that do don't have the bar that gets in the way, there's two style swaybars used on these trucks.

 

I went by the Summit and Jegs sites.
They have the Dynomax Blackjacks for around $100.
The only thing listed is that they don't fit with a A/T floor shifter.
Doesn't say anything about camper special or sway bars.
You may want to call them to find out.
Also check out Flowtech's as a possibility.

 

The way the footnote was worded, that the 89100's wouldn't fit a camper special and any other turck with a sway bar, I just assumed that all camper specials had sway bars.

I looked under the truck this morning, and I don't see a sway bar.

My idea of a sway bar is: a "u" shaped rod that has it's ends connected to each steering knuckle and it crosses under the chassis and is connected to the chassis with some rubber bushings.

On my cars, the sway bar is mounted to the chassis just behind the front bumper. On the camper specials that have sway bars, I assume it's mounted to the chassis behind the engine, therefor getting in the way of a header installation.

Since I don't seem to have a sway bar, maybe the Headmen 89100's will work. I'll post success or failure.

Thanks for the dialog...


Sam

 

 

the 89100's will fit just fine on the camper special , go ahead and hook them up, just double gasket them and spray them with that copper spray between the gaskets and on the pipes and heads, worked for me, havent had a leak yet

 

Swaybars may not be a problem, but the Bendix PS unit can be. My 69 with the Bendix PS unit did not work with the Dynomax headers. Well, it didn't work without some BFH mods.

 

yeah those make a problem alright, hopefully he does not have that type gearbox

 

I never heard of the Hedmans having trouble with the Bendix unit, just the Dynomax. But, it would be something to look at.

 

He's got a '72 and the Bendix box was long gone by that time thankfully.

Barry