Thread: Cross member from 95 Roadmaster in 1937

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Build your tubes to this same distance between mounting points, put them back in the car and tighten them up. This will retain the correct angle of the lower control arm.

When Dave talks about "tubes", he's saying the same thing that I did above when talking about using 1/2" Allthread and locknuts to replace the shock and lock the lower control arm into the correct position to hold it. Tubing is the professional way to do it. Allthread is the down and dirty "home garage" way to do it. All of this can be very confusing to someone who has never done it, so I will try to over-explain everything.

Scroll down here to see tubing used in the place of coilovers during building......
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Thanks techinspector1 for this great detail on how to set up the suspension. I still have the drive train and suspension in the donor car so I can take these measurements and lock the control arm anges before I remove them.
Thanks Dave for your help as well.

Heres an update on some added info I found.
A gentleman named Ralph Sauceda described how he and friends have done this swap on three early 50's Chevy trucks.
http://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/...=504299&page=1
Here are some pictures.
http://s597.photobucket.com/user/rns...91486981051259
Looks pretty close to what I planned except I would like to keep more of the original frame intact for radiator and fender support.
Thanks