just woundering if anyone has tried the lakewood bolt in ladder bars
and if so are they worth the money

thanks
Brad

 

Yes, I used to run them on my '71 when I raced it. They are excellent if you have traction problems! They do tend to stiffen up the rear a little, so I took thm off later for street use. My car is stiff enough, so it made the ride a bit harsh when added to my suspension.

 

what kind of shocks did you run and how did you mount them and are they truely a bolt on like the state

btw: appreciate the info

 

Conventional ladder bars bind the rear suspension's up & down travel, making for a rough ride. If you're sold on ladder bars, these ones from Competition Engineering have a 2-piece rear lower pivot, and won't bind: Competition Engineering C2005 - Competition Engineering Ladder Link Ladder Bars - Overview - SummitRacing.com
They are weld on bars though, but it's going to hold in place on the axle. Unless the bolt on bars were pinned to the axle tube, I wouldn't trust them to keep from slipping.

 

I had the style that replaced the spring plate, but sat beside it, and then had a U bolt that went around the axle. Extremely strong, and had a stock shock mount location on them, but put both shocks to the front, not staggered like stock mounting.
I used adjustable air shocks, same as now.
Similar to these Lakewood, but instead of bolting to the spring plate, they had new spring plates built into them.
Lakewood Suspension 20462 - Lakewood Ladder Bars - Overview - SummitRacing.com

 

that's what i was woundering is how did you mount both shocks to the front instead of staggered like the factory

 

They've got enough give to go just fine. I just loosened the top and swung them into position, then tightened the top again.