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This is apparently a street-driven truck, so I'd be very leery about worn shocks and setting back the brake shoes. More than leery, I guess. I wouldn't do it. Also, ladder bars are not a good idea unless you remove your current trailing arms. Ladder bars plus trailing arms equals a bind, and probably worse traction. The stock '72 Chevy trailing arms are effectively ladder bars anyhow.

A good start would be installing a limited slip differential and air bags in your coil springs. You can tune the pressure in the airbags for for equal traction. Also install a set of poly-graphite bushings in the rear suspension. Get rid of the factory rubber junk bushings.

http://www.p-s-t.com/truck/tvrcab.html

Install good performance shock absorbers. Add a good pair of wide, sticky rear tires, and you have a major improvement.

Oh, and you might want to tune down the volume a bit. If you can't take a little Ford/Chevy/Mopar ragging every now and then, you're definitely in the wrong hobby.