Hot Rods suggestions on how to drop the back of '34 coupe

This would raise the car instead of lower it.

 

where its in the frame i would be more inclined cutting the top off the c-channel, take the bends out, shorten to fit, mock up to find the correct vertical filler peices and assemble. i have flattened a 40 rear before and its a 30 min job, but i would want to keep the rivits. doing pie cuts while in the frame would suck...

 

my vote would be to flatten the rear cross member, no trunk floor issue, remove a couple leaves to soften the ride.you can adjust the ride height by adding spacers back on top of the spring, Dave

 

alchemy is right on this one. You have so much arch in that rear spring, you could take 4" or so out and still have a good ride. Even if you dont want to do the re arch your self, any spring shop around here that I work with wouldn't charge much more than say about 75.00 to do it for you... Much simpler than cutting up the crossmember.

 

Question: how do you take the arch out of the spring without elongating the eye-to-eye width?

 

Neighborhood guru says 'longer shackles'. Handling may/will be affected, but that's the way to go.

 

The spring width will increase, but that will be accounted for by a change in the angle of the shackles. Perches on the axle remain in the same location.

 

Or, have the main shortened and the eyes rerolled. Reversed if you want to go an inch or so lower...

 

Did someone say beer...and chicken??

 

I guess you have installed the model a in the front which as stated should be rethought. You can lower the front of a 33/34 by raising the center of the crossmember using new square tubing. Eastwood has been doing this for years and it keeps everything looking and fitting like it should. The rear is easy using the correct arched spring. Any good spring shop can perform the work for a few bucks. I would not cut the crossmember. My 2 cents.

 

Put up a couple pics of that front cross member. The comment about the front cross member is right, it you use an A cross member you will have radiator clearance issues, also how will you mount the radiator? there are no provisions on an A crossmember to mout the 33-34 style radiator.

 

Add another one for not cutting the crossmember.

Mine may not sit as low as you would like to go, but I'm running a real tall tire.

I didn't cut anything. I simply took a few smaller leafs from the top of the stack and placed them on the bottom of the stack. I may have completely removed one leaf, I don't remember. Combine this with the Tardel shackles (which I didn't use) and I think you should be good, no???