Thread: 33 plymouth front suspension

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I like the MII suspension. That is, the good aftermarket ones with the tubular control arms, coilovers, and all the good parts. Works good, rides good, handles good.

And because of the frame shape the front rail sections may need to be changed. There are a number of companies who make "kits" to do this. Most everyone will recommend the fat guy, but, personally his stuff looks a tad crude, here's a higher quality alternative; http://www.macgyvers.com/front.html Look about 3/4 down the page for your app. but read all the descriptions. They will help you understand more about what's involved.

Sometimes it is hard to convince someone doing this sort of swap that it makes such good sense to save up your money and buy one of these application specific front ends, or at least one that can be adapted to it, but if you are going to spend money on your car in any one area, the front suspension, steering, brakes is the place to do it.

I don't think there is another area on a car that will make you hate it more than a front end that handles badly. Everything the car does going down the road depends on the front end being correct. I have owned some ill-handling cars over the years, and it makes you look for reasons not to drive the car anywhere.

I know when you see some of these kits costing $ 2500 or more it seems like a big hit, but when you start adding up the cost of individual components and/or modifying something from the boneyard, all of a sudden it becomes more reasonable. I am not interjecting this specifically for 33toolman, because it looks like he is attempting to buy a proper front end. I am mentioning it for others who may not want to lay out this kind of cash and think they can get by with a cheaper alternative.

JMO,


Don