stepdad has a 57 bel air that was heavily modified sometime before the 80s for racing use,

it is tubbed,

and 9" with rear leaves and coils and airbags combo,

front suspension is solid axle knuckle spindle steering with rear mounted steering box close to firewall

he needs/wants to go to IFS,

what can he do or should he do ?

i know of a '71 cutlass supreme right now for real cheap that we could take the IFS from and put under the '57, could this work somehow ?

and did '57 come with IFS originally with normal ball joints and control arms- instead of knuckles and spindles ??

or were these things originally solid beam front ??


and was steering originally rear or front style ?

where can i see info at on these things?

thanks for anything