[FC] 64 leaf spring on FC

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64 greenbrier I parted out last year had the differential with mount pad  
(now in my rampy after a rebuild) and A arms had holes for spring 
mounts..(gone  now ). I looked into having a local spring maker do this a long time 
ago. At  that time it would have cost me $300 to do it , and not worth it to 
me. Thinking  it over brought up a loot of possible problems also (after 
talking to the spring  experts in East Syracuse NY)
Truck has been fine so far without it. At the time I was hauling 3 50gal  
drums of gas often for the boat. 
Regards, Tim Colson
http://corvair.de/n2vzd/n2vzd_63rampy_at_dock.jpg
 
 
In a message dated 7/11/2013 7:18:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dkdewald at pasty.net writes:

Hello  Jimmy,

I have been working on a similar idea; to make a camber  compensator for 
the FC.  It would operate somewhat differently than  the '64 car leaf 
spring in that it would not support any weight or reduce  rear roll 
stiffness (something to avoid with a high CG FC) but instead  produce a 
reduced spring rate as the A-arms extend down from a static load  
position. It is designed to prevent the jacking effect more than  
anything else.  Some points to consider:

1) The '64 car leaf  spring is too short.
2) Some sort of attachment brackets must be fabricated  for the ends of 
the FC A-arms.
3) You need a '64 type differential or a  custom bracket to fit a '65 
differential.

Dale Dewald
Hancock,  MI

On 7/11/2013 18:47, Jimmy Harris wrote:
> Anyone ever put the  64 leaf spring on a van? pros.? cons.? I know the 
swing
> arms are not  made for this but what would it take? I have most 
everything to
> do it  but is there any gain? THANKS for any input. Jimmy
>
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> 64 110 8door corvan in process
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