Spring like anything else fatigue, and over 40 years old... I'd go with
replacement rear springs from either Dale A, or Rob Guerra/Tom Hall.
--- Jerry <JCMC2006@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> When I had my rear springs out during my restoration I had them
> recurved at
> a place that did suspension work. They wanted to install another
> leaf, but I
> insisted they not do that as I didn't want to upset the originality
> of the
> suspension. It's been 7 years and their still holding up fine.
> The thing you have to find out is the height of the arch, I have long
> since
> forgotten what the measurement is, but I'm sure some one out there
> can give
> you the measurement.
>
> Jerry Christopherson
> 9473187
> TAC#682
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces+jcmc2006=suddenlink.net@autox.team.net
> [mailto:tigers-bounces+jcmc2006=suddenlink.net@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of
> Theodore Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:38 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Rear Suspension
>
> Hello All:
>
> This past weekend I had a chance to look at some other Tigers and
> noticed
> that my car seems to be
> sitting a bit low in the back which is probably what one would expect
> after
> forty-one years. I am
> thinking that my options are to either get new springs or to have the
>
> originals rebuilt. I would be
> interested in the thoughts of anyone who has dealt with the same
> situation. What are the pro and
> cons for the two possibilities and, if I decide to have them rebuilt,
> who
> does that kind of stuff and
> where are they? Thanks,
>
> Tod
> B382002384LRXFE
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