36 chevy locab pickup front end advice

I'd like to stick with a front axle setup in my p/u. I'd like to hear from anyone who has used a transverse leaf spring and axle on a mid 30's chevy frame and how it worked out? I'm trying to get it as low as possible but staying above the scrub line.

Thanks,
Will Hicks

 

I used the stock frame and threw in a flat crossmember and a Speedway spring behind 6 inch dropped axle on this POS truck I built.

It made it to Bonneville and back and I drove the **** out of it. I don't know how you could get it any lower and still have it driveable than what that truck was. The cab was about 4 inches off the ground.

 

i did basically the same thing on my 37 frame. I used the front rail sections and did the same front end as Plowboy. You can try pie cutting the frame rails after the hair pin mounts a little, but it may look too low then and a broken hunk of poop is not wha you want. I went back and forth for a month on stance and deicded that some rake was better than flat because you get the optical illusion that the *** of the cab/bed area is sagging.

 

Thanks for the info. That is about as low as you can get, especially on the roads around the northeast.

Will