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I am thinking about tearing my car apart and converting it to rear wheel drive. There are a few 2.4 engines mated to a Chrysler torqueflite. Surely, somebody could fabricate the necessary adapters for me. I think it might be easier to locate a rear end in an L-body. I'm thinking that you could modify the factory rear axle for this. I'd build a cross member that would tie the stock axle mounts together. Of course, you'd have to lose the factory gas tank. Then, I'd tie into this cross member with subframe connectors. You could make the transmission hump and driveshaft tunnel easy by cutting one from a torqueflite equiped Mopar (Aspen, Diplomat, etc.). I think you could use the factory rear shocks. For the front end, I'd do something similar to that Shadow.
Am I crazy? Do you think my idea for the rear end would work? Should I leave my car alone and find a Tursimo/Charger to cut up?