Help! Front-end Specialty tools: Chrysler Corp.

[Guest De Soto Frank]

Help!<P>It's time (after 60 years!) to rebuild the front suspension in my '41 De Soto.<P>For years now, I've noticed in the shop books some "specialty" control arm spreaders and other gizmos used to establish proper pre-load on control arm shaft bushings and the like. <P>Are these tools essential? Did anyone use them back in "the good old days"?<BR>Does anyone have them today?<BR>Is there a way around them?<P>Thanks!