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| − | ==Front suspension==
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| − | Front axle choices:
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| − | Early Ford I-beam axles:
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| − | 28-31 Model A Passenger Car & Pickup
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| − | 32-36 Passenger Car & Pickup
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| − | 37-41 Passenger Car & Pickup
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| − | 42-48 Passenger Car
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| − | 42-47 Pickup
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| − | Early Dodge/Plymouth tubular axles:
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| − | 33-39 Dodge
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| − | 33 & 35-39 Plymouth
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| − | Early Ford Tubular axles:
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| − | 37-40 V8-60 only
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| − | Any other factory I-beam axle from Chevy/GMC or Ford Pickups, 60s Ford & Chevy/GMC vans,
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| − | early Chevy cars 36-40, early Chevy/GMC pickups 36-55.
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| − | Fabricated axles:
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| − | Many makers (Speedway Motors, Total Performance, and others)
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| − | usually sold and described as dropped axle in 4-5-6" drops and made to accommodate 37-48 Ford Passenger Car and 37-47 Ford Pickup spindles, or 61-66 Ford Econoline Van spindles, or 49-54 Chevrolet Passenger Car spindles.
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| − | NEW Manufactured axles:
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| − | Super Bell tubular axle
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| − | Magnum dropped I-beam
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| − | Super Bell dropped I-beam
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| − | and others
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| − | ===Coils & shocks===
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| − | "Don't do it on the front of your car!! DON'T DO IT!! No matter that Car Craft did this on their project car. Ugly is ugly and almost nothing is uglier that those nasty towers on the front of the frame and coil springs and cups on the axle and shocks running up the middle...YAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! No chrome, no paint, nothing can hide this mistake....don't do it! There are too many other options that at least look good." Excerpt from soon-to-be-released bucket book by Pasadenahotrod.
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| − | === Coil Over's===
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| − | "If done right, this is a clean attractive good riding suspension for the front of any roadster.
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| − | If done wrong....well it can be ugly, it can be nasty looking, and it can be rough riding.
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| − | Only drawback is expense. Most manufacturers will allow you to return springs if they are too stiff for a softer set....one time." Excerpt from soon-to-be-released bucket book by Pasadenahotrod.
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| − | ===Transverse Leaf Spring (Buggy spring)===
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| − | "Based on the 28-34 Ford suspension, this is the old classic if there is any such thing.
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| − | Most important thing is to make sure your spring is mounted under tension as the original Ford design requires. The spring must be spread to mount the shackles to the perches. Be sure if you are using a 28-31 or 32-34 front spring to have the perches at the proper width and have the correct shackles for the spring you have, 32-34 springs have a larger spring eye than 28-31 As do.
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| − | The original springs are 10-12 leaf units. Unless you are running a big block or early heavy engine you'll be best served if you experiment with the number of leaves in the front spring. Keep the main leaf and number 2, removing the odd number springs(3.5.7.9 etc)to reach your best number. YES, it is a pain in the neck to remove, dismantle, remove leaves, reassemble and reinstall the spring, but it works. Try starting with a six leaf spring, main,2,4,6,8,10 to begin with. That could save you a few steps.
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| − | What you are looking for when finished is a front end which deflects when you put your foot on the spring perch and push down. NOT, a situation where you have to stand on the perch and jump up and down to get movement.
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| − | Always use tubular shocks, old name airplane shocks, not friction shocks, IF you really plan on driving your car."
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| − | ===1/4 elliptical===
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| − | ===4 link / Hair pins===
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