Guest Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Hey Chrome, low is cool In 1996 I bought a 2" to 2-1/2" front drop kit for my 55 Special from Butch's Rod Shop, 2853 Northlawn Ave.in Dayton,Ohio, 45439. 513 298 2665. It worked quite well with 1 coil cut from springs and was low enough to look good. ( $50 + tax then ) For the rear I used 3" drop springs from Coil Spring Specialties, 632 W. Bertrand in St.Mary's, Ks. 66536 913 437 2266. They are rewound to 135% of stock for your car & the ride was very good.<BR>Thats just one way to solve the steering problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chrome Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 I'm visited Fatman fabrications site and saw that they had spindles that would lower my '49 more than 2 inches. Trouble is that I'd have to bend my steering arms, not good!<P>I'd like to know what other years steering arm would fit to my car, because I dont like to bend my originals without having spares if something would go wrong. So which year parts I could go and search?<P>Or should I just slice springs and leave everything as is? or should I use my Cutlass as front subframe. ( I don't like the idea altought it would be low and modern)<P>Reason why I'd like to do this is my engine swap. Cadillac 390 is lighter than my 320, Gassers ain't for me, low is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 I agree with uncle Pete. If you can get by with a one inch drop it would be a lot easier. My dad put a Fat Man Mustang II suspension on his 54 Studebaker and he says it was more trouble than it was worth (although he hasn't driven it yet). A lot of the parts didn't fit right and he had to reengineer things. The fact that they want you to bend your steering arms sounds like trouble. It would be hard to make them both even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chrome Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Uncle Pete does that Butch's Rod Shop have an email? I live in Finland so phoning there ain't practical My rearend is bit undecided yet, have already bought mid '70s Cutlass which to part out.<P>I don't know how much lighter is my Cadillac 390 compared to Buicks eight, but it must be so much that with that suspension frontend raises to uncomfortable heights, and I'm afraid of heights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Hi Chrome, I will call Butch,s tommorrow and ask for e-mail address and send to you. Phone # changed to 937 area code if you end up calling.<BR>With that set up, it lowered car in front a good 3". ( 2" to 2.5" drop kit + 1 coil cut from springs ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyrki Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Chrome, there's a link to <A HREF="http://www.butchsrodshop.com" TARGET=_blank>www.butchsrodshop.com</A> on my buicklinks page. You really don't have to go further than the sea for fishing <BR>Butch's is one of those places to look for parts for custom cars, like headlight frenching kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Chrome, your neighbor Jyrki fixed you up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chrome Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Shame on me <P>so many times I have visited Jyrki's link pages and still in my hollow head didn't ring a bell that there is everything I need.<P>Now my only trouble is so much to buy and too few bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Its pretty good deal when responses from around the world so to speak can help solve a problwm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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