The Fury had stiffer torsion bars and rear springs for
better handling. IIRC this was true for 300, Adventurer
and Dodges with full D-500/-1 ('56) or D-501 ('57)
package. (I say "full package" because not all D-500s
got all the goodies.)
This may (or may not) be the "export suspension"
mentioned in the parts book, or possibly police/taxi
pieces.
---- "Mark J. Hash" wrote:
> To add another twist to this, the '57 Fury had an extra spring that regular
> Plymouths did not have. Does this make the Fury springs sturdier??? I
> don't know, but my car has held up fine so far.
>
> Mark mjh
>
>
>
>
> >Ron,
> >
> >As Joe Savard has correctly pointed out, '58 springs are 4"
> >longer than '57 springs. I'm virtually certain this is true in
> >every make: Plym, Ddg, DeS, Chrys. - not sure about Imperial,
> >but probably so. You must use same-year springs for your '57.
> >The trouble with any '57 spring swap is that all used '57
> >springs have been over stressed in use so you may not gain
> >anything or may have cracked leaves. If you get any spring pair
> >from another car, ALWAYS disassemble and clean them to look for
> >cracked leaves. They can crack across the spring (side to side)
> >but the main leaf is most prone to cracking end to end in the
> >middle of the spring!
> >Convertible springs are not necessarily one leaf heavier. The
> >extra weight can be carried by thicker gauge leaves. Count
> >whatever you are looking at.
> >
> >Wayne Graefen
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Ron Waters <Ronbo97@xxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 7:34 AM
> >Subject: Re: 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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