Re: [FWDLK] Springy Things, Revisited
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Re: [FWDLK] Springy Things, Revisited



Can you mount a pair of 58 springs onto a 57 frame ?  Alternatively, can you
mount 57 convertible springs (one extra leaf, I think) to a regular frame ?

Ron

----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Savard <JLSAVARD@xxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 1:09 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] Springy Things, Revisited


> Hi, List...
>
> I cured my spring problem all those years ago by swapping the rear springs
> from my car with another car that was being traded in.  I THOUGHT that it
was
> a 1958, but I've since heard that the 1958 springs were longer by 4".
> Perhaps it was a late 1957.
> I think the ones I put on had an extra leaf in them.  Perhaps modern air
> shocks would help you.
>
> I will never forget the day I changed the springs.  I put on every bit of
> clothing I could find and laid out in the snow removing my springs.  Then
I
> drove 20 miles to where the donor car was located.  I again laid out in
snow
> and swapped the springs on that car with mine.  Then I drove back home and
> refit the springs on my car.  I think that was the coldest day I ever
spent!
>
> Obviously, I was MUCH younger, poorer, and more foolish, then!!!
>
> Joe Savard
> Lake Orion, Mi.



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