Rear suspension opinions

alaska gasser

alaska gasser

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A friend of ours with a '55 Chev swapped sides with his rear springs to create more room for bigger tires. My wife's '55 hardtop is missing one rear spring pack, but I can grab the matching set off the parts car. I have done a bunch of suspensions ( to include front clips, M2, etc.) over the years, but not a 4 link set up. Recommendations? Part of the reason I'm debating is l may have the parts car sold and am trying to get everything I might need off it.
 
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alaska gasser

alaska gasser

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It will be a driver, but she wants over 400 horses with a 4 speed. (Clutch pedal is still in it.) She has even commented she either wants a blower or at least a tunnel ram. (She is a hot rodder through and through!)

It's in really poor condition, but belonged to her best friends husband who passed away awhile back. I have to replace the floors and every piece of sheet metal to include the roof and filler piece between the back window and trunk lid.
 
alaska gasser

alaska gasser

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Thanks for the info. Last Saturday we went to small swap meet a couple hours away to get away from the store for a day and cuz you never know what you'll find that you "need". Well....... Jackie ended up driving a '55 two door hardtop home that had a healthy small block and 4 speed. She got an incredible deal on it and I couldn't have built the one we have for even 1/2 of what she paid. That doesn't even touch the number of hours it would have taken to replace just the sheet metal, let alone build the rest of the car.
 
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