Thread: Rear suspension question

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Air shocks will solve your problem but stiffn the ride. I had a 38 coupe and used chevy van springs longer and wider. but rear was narrowed

Seems to be a common problem, with this vintage Ford. The frame on these cars is too close to the body floorboards, and when you change to paralell springs , the rear end sits way to high. When you use a lower/flatter spring you have the rear or other parts hitting the floor boards. I have a 40 coupe with the same problem. My car always rode rough, going over bumps. One day I was looking over the rear suspension, and found a shock, that had broken off at the top mount. I removed both shocks and let the car off the jack and was surprised how much lower the rear of the cas was sitting. Turns out the car was riding on the two shocks which were bottomed out, and holding the car up for clearence. The guy who built this car apparenrtly could not figue out the problem either. With the car sitting just using the springs,the top of my 9" Ford rear has about 6" of clearence, till it hits the floorboards. I've talked to several people, but no one really has a good answer. I was concidering air shocks also which wound be an easy solution, if they make them short enough for this application. Gabriel does list many models but haven't had the time yet to call them.