Thread: Converting parellel springs to transverse?

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How about quarter eliptical? It would seem pretty straight forward to mount the springs onto the top of the frame and the top of the axle to get everything really low. Then I could get radius rod (hairpin) batwings welded to the back of the axle? Tell me why that wouldn't work? There's got to be a catch.
CHAZ

Chaz: I saw a t bucket at a show a few years ago where the guy used the same kind of axle you have and he modified it to a single cross spring. It really looked good. He simply welded on some perches for the spring eyes and two brackets to hold hairpin radius rods. He had the benefit of already having brakes and stuff on the axle.

Have you considered just running a tube or box tubing crossmember from side to side and doing a suicide front end? Here is a picture of my '39 Dodge truck that we did with a box tubing front crossmember. It was very straightforward and simple to do.


Don

That's what I wanted to do originally, but I got talked out of it. With as much trouble (and cost) involved with lowering the front end with the parellel sprins I might go back to trying to figure a transverse spring front end out. I really like the way yours looks.
CHAZ