So I built a 50 truck hot rod about 15 years ago and got invaluable help from this site as I didn't have anyone to teach me this stuff. I was in my early 20's at the time, single, no kids and had all the time in the world and no money.
Now I have 2 kids, married, late 30's, zero time and plenty of money. Basically the exact opposite situation.
My issues with my hot rod are that it looks awesome and handles like a boat.
I put a TCI independent front suspension on it with a tri 4 link rear.
Over the years I upgraded the front sway bar from I think 5/8 to 1", and I added a rear sway bar as well. It helped a lot but I'm still not happy with it.
I feel like I've maxed out the sway bars because the suspension is stiff as hell and the ride is hard, so I don't know what to do.
To add to the handling distress I have a bench seat in it, which I like because I wanted to maintain the old school look, but when you take a corner I feel like I have to reach my right arm over and hold onto the upper bench frame to keep my body from sliding side to side. I love the look of the bench seats but that aspect is annoying.
I just don't know what to do to improve the handling, and I totally understand it is a 1950 body and there's no way it's going to handle like a modern vehicle, but I feel like there has to be something I can do.
I'm located in south east pennsylvania and I am willing to pay a reputable person to do work as well being that I just know I can't possibly devote the time that I did in the past with a 3 and 5 year old, however I would prefer to do it myself being that I have over 2000 hours of work in this truck and the only thing I farmed out was upholstering the seat.
any suggestions would be appreciated