Although not an independent rear suspension, this thing has me fascinated. Hey, it even looks like I could weld it together myself. Hmmmmm. http://www.totalcontrolproducts.com/rearcoil.html

 

damn glen, i bet that handles like a dream. See thats what id like to do, get a nice, rust free V8 car and build it up to have todays modern technology, and the looks of the old

 

This upgrade is pretty pricey, but it appears the quality of workmanship is there. You would have to pour some pretty serious HP to the rear to justify the cost though.

 

Jimney Christmas - I could almost restore another car for that price tag....

 

Man i cant wait till i can restore cars with no limitations. ( or small limitations.) Glen, Buy another classic already. You know you want to.

 

There are sevareal air ride kits out there.

 

Maybe so Hutch, but how will an air ride kit help stiffen up the rear? It seems to me that it would be counter-productive.

 

I did not see where he wanted to stiffen the rear, Different air bag rates and shocks would take care of that. Shocks would be the most cost of a stiffer ride, They are availble adjustable or not.

 

Who are you talking about? This whole thread is about stiffening up the rear. Without going to the radical extreme of putting on a 5 thousand dollar cage with side shocks and eliminating the leaf springs, a new set of leaf springs with at least 4 1/2 leaves and a good set of KYB gas adjust shocks with a set of traction bars will suffice for most of our rides.