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This is getting way out of hand. All I did, apparently like many others before me, was to pull out my stock spring pack on my stock Model A coupe,...
I had another idea. I have two remnants of the original leaf springs left. They are both 13 1/2 inches long. Maybe I could finish off the cut ends...
They are tube shocks. If the upper mounting plate on the frame was higher, they would work. They are straight shafts on the top and bottom held...
Thanks Fuzzy Knight.
For lack of anything better to do, I put the shocks back in. Of course now the shock tubes are holding the frame up. And, on top of that, the...
Sorry I don't have a camera, or a phone with a camera. If I can get one of my sons to come by I can get a photo, but all it will show is a flat...
Would that actually work? I guess it would lift the crossmember up but would the lower main leaf stay flat?
You're right. The main spring is pretty much flat and the shackles are nearly vertical. Time to start over.
I cut up the springs that I removed and used them under the main leaf as spacers. (I know, I shouldn't have cut them up until I found out how it...
Maybe I would have had better luck with a new springs rather than using the original 84-year-old springs. I imagine they have lost some of their...
I finally got around to pulling the front springs on my stock '30 Ford coupe. I took out four springs (3,5,7,9). I put new bushings in the spring...
I have loved hot rods since I was a kid in the '50s, reading the little magazines. Over the years I have restored numerous '50s and '60s cars and...
Thanks guys.
I have a number of old tachometers that have been sitting on a shelf for years. I dusted off a Sun Super Tach II today and thought it would look...
First, make sure there is fluid in the transmission. I got my first car in 1964, it was a '50 Plymouth coupe. I drove it home 45 miles from the...
Thanks TagMan.
Thanks to both metaldave and stimpy. I see in my Les Andrews manual where he says to grind a beveled edge on the leading bottom edge of each leaf.
Thanks telecustom!
Thanks 19Fordy, I appreciate the chart and info.
Thanks for the suggestions missysdad and joel. And joel, the photos are very helpful.
Thanks hotrodA. That's what I was thinking, but I wasn't sure.
Another question. This quote is from another thread: "Remove the odd numbered leaves, 3,5,7,9. When you get the stance and ride where you want...
My thought was that if I took four leaves out of the top half, I wouldn't have to disrupt the spring clips on the bottom five. I don't know if...
Thanks hotrodA.
Thanks Texas Webb. I have read numerous threads on this, but none address the spring clip issue. Member jkeesey said that he removed half the...
No responses? Okay, here's the plan in my newbie mind. Please tell me if this won't work. First take out the original 10-leaf spring pack. The...
Bear with me. I have never taken a front leaf spring out of a Model A before and I am thinking about removing the spring in my '30 coupe. I have...
I considered red for the wheels, and black. Quite awhile ago someone posted on the HAMB asking suggestions for wheel colors and one person said to...
Since I've been throwing out videos here, I might as show the last one. This is my '58 De Soto Firesweep. I brought it home and put it in the...
I have a second short video backing out of the driveway. Like an idiot, I turned the fuel valve off instead of on and ran out of gas in the carb....
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