Are there any leaf spring swaps that work well for a 49 Coronet? maybe a later spring from a mid 60s Mopar? or a source for stock replacements? car will be street driven, healthy SBC and 4 speed, not looking for canyon carver or lifted to the sky gasser type stuff, just good all around rear leafs, let me know thanks!
Are yours broke or something else wrong with them? My '48 has the original springs & has done well with an Olds 455 & a Chr 331 hemi.
It is Seabass49's car, they may be fine, just want to know options, as we are laying out the project...what shocks are you running? thanks, good to know stock springs can take a beating
I'm using the factory leaf springs in my 50 dodge with a 360/904 combo. They are only 1 3/4 inches wide which sucks but they work just fine. I'm using speedway leaf spring plates with 1970 chevy c-10 shocks.
you can look at 75/81 diplomats and valoreys there real close. mine used stock they were dearched and had supersliders instaled. with home made shock mounts.
What do the stock springs measure out to, eye to eye? Width? Do you suspect they're worn out? You may be able to find a spring shop that can recondition them, but it's probably easier to just replace them if you know how they're supposed to measure out.
I miss my 1949 Dodge Coronet and miss driving it to Quincy, Ill. It was stock and the springs worked fine. Too many people get hooked thinking they gotta change everything because those magazines say so. What do they know? They just fired most of the guys who worked for them.
I had a '51 Coronet Diplomat Hardtop that I drove around Quincy, IL.......stock springs, shocks, etc. I t did have a 265 Chrysler Spitfire 6 and a '53 Dodge 3 spd manual with OD. Drove nice out of town too.
You might try ESPO Springs. 800-903-9019 . Bought a new set of rear leafs for my 48 Plymouth from them.
Hey Bob, how's that Plymouth coupe project coming along. Agriculture is a little slow this time of year...isn't it?......should leave some time for the Mayflower.......may be going to Indy in March.......hope I could stop by and see the progress. Ray
The stock leaf springs will hold the car up but they wont like the healthy sbc/4speed, you'll probably have major wheel hop problems when you get on the loud pedal. My 46 Plymouth still has it's original leaf springs out back but they did not like the 318/4speed (severe wheel hop) so a traction device was needed. I didn't want use slapper bars so I whipped up a set of these: Basically just a home made set of traction masters, they work well for now but eventually I'll probably put a set of super stock springs or cal-tracs under it.
Seabass49 has some sick vintage ladder bars, so we have been researching that, ladder bars with leaf springs...i have a lot of welding fabrication...and another friend who will help is an unbelievable metal artist, but by trade is a welder, does everything from bridges to ornamental railings in high end houses, also builds cars and bikes... and actually was in Austrialia awhile back as someone noticed his art, hired him to build cars and weapons for the new mad max movie that is to come out...so hopefully he can help tweak the suspension, but hold the cross bows and battle axes please.....haha....some modded traction bars may do the trick ps daliant i like your set up!
Somewhere in the 70s, Chrysler manufacture leaf springs which were flat and both ends would bolt on to the frame. I did mount a set, bolting them to the frame then welding the brackets. these were long springs. You might have to take a look at the frame, if your 49 is like my 52 Chrysler, the frame angles up or down (can't remember now), going from the rear end hump toward the front of the car.
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