Thread: Differant rear suspension setup's

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Hey Guy's;
Trying to deside just exactly which kind of rear
suspension I'm gonna put on the old 65 Ranchero.
I like J. Robinsons post but I would like to use part of his setup with coil
springs. My car is gonna be tubbed for drag so if you guys got any do it your self setup's with photo's throw them up so I can get some good Ideas!
Thanks Kurt

Lots of options

1. Keep the leaf springs, move them inboard, install some housing floaters and ladder bars.

2. Trash the leaf spring, go to a coilover setup, then you have the choices of a 4 bar , triangulated 4 bar, or ladder bars. Then of course with any coilover set up you'll need a device to control lateral movement of the rear end, this can be with a Watt's linkage (best), panhard bar (acceptable) or a track bar (drag strip use only).....

Lots of room underneath for any of the above setups..... Everything accept the stock leaf springs will require a new back half for the Ranchero, though, as it's a unibody and not a full framed car... Or did you already do a new frame????

Hey Dave;
This is what I want to put under the new solid frame.
It won't be a unibody any longer, I've still got some
away to go before the frame is totaly done.
I want to have most of the suspension done when I
go to drop the body on top. This way I can see how
well the car sit's and take mesurements to do the roll
cage or make any other adjustments. Then pull the
body back off paint everything and start to put it
back together. Kurt

Good plan Kurt.... I like to have mine done and driveable before I blow them apart for paint... It's a lot more labor intensive method, but for me it sure does prevent a lot of grinding off new paint to add a bracket I forgot I would need!