<VV> Heavy duty suspension?

[Paul Fox]

The wire wheels are pretty. But they're heavy. Heavy unsprung weight means a rough ride. It also means stiffer shocks in order to control the extra weight. Go to a lighter wheel and softer shocks and you'll have a better ride.  However if you lower your pressures a bit that can help some. But don't go below recommended pressures it's unsafe.
Paul Fox
On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:42 AM, Dave Leonard via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
  
Hi Bruce,

Unlike earlier and later years, there was no optional suspension available
in '64 on the cars.  I believe the only difference was in spring rates
between the converts, coupes, and sedans.  I would suspect frozen or rusty
shocks, as the '64 suspension certainly was nothing you would consider
"quite stiff" by any contemporary standards.

Dave

> Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 09:19:14 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Bruce Alexander <brucealexander11 at yahoo.com>
> To: "virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: Heavy duty suspension?
>
> I am working on a 64 Spyder, "barn find" with 30,000 Mi. and factory wire
wheels. 
> I have replaced the 30 year old bias ply tires with new radials. With the
old 
> tires it rode like they were square. It now rides good but quite stiff. Is
there 
> an easy way to tell if it has Heavy duty suspension? like , in the VIN
number? 
> Was that a factory option?
>
>...,Bruce Alexander

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