OK, I finally got around to getting the tringulated suspension tack welded in my 29 Buick. It looks really good but I somehow am not pleased with it. Because of the narrow frame I had to shorten the upper bars 3-3/4" and the bottoms 6". I did this so that both would be shortened a equal percentage of the total length. The uppers are now 13" eye to eye. Seems awfully short to me, but that is what it took in order to install them at the angle that they were designed to be.
The 9" ford rear is gutted so it is no problem to raise the housing to test the travel. I have not set the ride height as of yet, but from the position that I set the differential initially, I get about 3" travel up. It seems so short. I so far can't see anything that is stopping the travel. I am very tired from a long day and decided to walk away from it and rest.
Actually, the 3" of upward travel will more than likely bottom out on the bumpers after thay are installed anyway. I checked the angle of the housing while raising it with a magnetic protractor. The angle of the housing changes very little while raising it. Actually, just by looking at it you can't see any change in the angle of the housing at all, but by using the magnetic protractor you can tell that it does change a little. Right now anything I said would be a guess because I am totally wore out.
I had to do this twice today. After I got it tacked in place the first time I was looking and found that someone had bumped the differential on one side and moved it about 5/8". I thought about trying to adjust it out but knew better and cut it loose and did it again. I am not about to try and cover up a mistake like that. I knew better than to start welding on it but I was very careful when I first set it up and assumed that it was still OK. In the back of my mind I was telling myself to check it but didn't. Oh well.
I still have to install a bar to mount the top of the shocks on, but that should not be a problem. These short bars look so strange. I will post more updates later.

Ed