Thread: Model A rear spring hangers

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As I recall there were several different Model A springs and the high arch one that is in the Speedway calaloge is much stronger than the almost flat spring that was stock on the original roadster model. Of course you need to space the shackels for the spring you use but you might consider removing one or two of the small upper leaves for a better ride. A lot of modern rods have a Ford 8" or 9" but that pumpkin looks dreadfully plain compared to a banjo quick change. You can't even put a dress up cover on the 8"/9" so on my 8" all I did was just paint it black! Some folks frown on the use of a "fake" quick change but if you have a real one you should flaunt it!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I had a shortened main and second leaf made up for my '27. I just took the stock leaves to a spring shop and told them "make me one 3 inches shorter." That was an easy one day fix. 20 years ago I paid them $ 18 to do it, but I just did the same thing on my '39 Dodge front spring and it cost $ 120 this time!! But it solved my problem, so it was worth it.

Just a thought.

Don