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Need alignment in East Tennessee

Posted: 6/10/24 9:02am Message 1 of 6
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Sweetwater, TN - USA
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I basically have completely replaced everything dealing with rear drive line. New differential, catastrophic failure in the original, trailing arms, shock mounts, all u-joints and half shafts. My biggest challenge now is finding a shop that will do a 4 wheel alignment on the car. It's a 74. I'm located in East Tennessee, anyone have a suggestion.



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Re: Need alignment in East Tennessee

Posted: 6/10/24 7:51pm Message 2 of 6
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Vette(s): 1973 Orange Metallic Coupe (orig owner), L82, 4 spd (WR), PS, (A/C & PW (I installed from wrecked 73)), leather, AM/FM Stereo, ran with '65 FI unit earlier & will again some day. 2023 Accelerate Yellow HTC Stingray

Since a lot of today's vehicle have IRS then I would think most shops could do a four-wheel alignment. 




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Re: Need alignment in East Tennessee

Posted: 6/11/24 3:49pm Message 3 of 6
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I agree with you there. The response I keep getting is, "We don't work on cars that old". I think the shims scare them.




Re: Need alignment in East Tennessee

Posted: 6/11/24 4:01pm Message 4 of 6
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Cana, VA - USA
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I had my '75 aligned last year locally (SW Virginia) -- their only concern was if it was too low to get in their shop and onto the lift.




   

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Posted: 6/11/24 4:16pm Message 5 of 6
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SW Virginia is very doable. My car is not lowered, as a matter of fact I think it sets high. Did they do a good job?




Re: Need alignment in East Tennessee

Posted: 6/11/24 4:50pm Message 6 of 6
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They have the computer alignment setup, and as far as I can tell, it is fine.  The nice thing about these new systems is that they provide a color printout of all the alignment specifics.

This shop is actually in Mt. Airy NC, but I can't believe any decent shop can't do the same thing.

 




   

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