need advice really urgent

[oldways]

am fitting a 37 pickup body onto a 59 GMC pickup chassis the one with the dual headlights. The fit is ok except the 59 GMC is about 4 inches too long sooooo i want to shorten the front leaf springs and move the front shackle assembly bac 4 inches and cut off the un needed chasis so the fenders can fit properly. the wheels are in the centre of the fender wheel arch before this mod. What do you think is it do able or should i just let that ugly spring and chassis stick through the fender.....


also that GMCn was sprung so hard that if you bounced 150-200 pound wieght on the front or back of the chassis only the tires would have any give so i removed 2 leaves from front and back. this did 2 things for me first it made the suspension softer at least now when a 200lb man jumps up and down you can see the shackles move. then it also lowered the whole thing slightly nwhich looks pretty cool..... is this ok or am i making a death trap

[T2B]

OK plain and simple longer leaf springs ride smoother all things being equal(number of springs, shackle length, spring thickness, spring width, etc) If you shorten the front of the spring you will probably have to shorten the rear of the spring the same amount. That should be about 8" right? Sounds too radical to me. I would look for another option. What about an IFS setup? Nicer ride. Custom bumper to hide the front spring mounts? Four bar set up with coil overs? Modified three link? Just throwing out ideas here. Removing the leafs should not present too much of a danger, just don't get carried away. A friend of mine ended up with a "mono" spring on his 92 Nissan truck. Rode real soft and sat REAL low. Broke the spring squealing the tires. Just remove the leaves from the bottom up, leave the main leaf and give it some company. You might try disassembling the spring and greasing betwen the leaves with marine grease, helped my Scout. Keep Rodding.

[inlineidiot]

...Mono lube works nicely on leaf springs too.!!

[T2B]

NO! NO! NO! Different thead! HEHEHENWAY!