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06-28-2012 10:16 AM #1
Anybody have C4 Covette suspension in their streetrod?
Last weekend at the Ford F100 Western Nationals, I won a raffle prize of a Corvette Suspension Installation Kit from Flat Out Engineering Flat Out Engineering suspension components, Corvette front and rear, for hot rods and street rods and trucks, coil-over shocks and springs.. The kit retails at $750. They've engineered kits to mount the C4 ('84-96) suspension under a variety of Chevy & Ford trucks plus a narrowed version for 35-40 Fords.
This got me thinking about my '37 Ford tudor sedan, which has the "old school" Mustang II, which works fine but isn't prettyand a 9" Ford rear with parallel leafs.
I've found a really cheap donor '84 Corvette from which I could get the both front & rear suspension if I decide this is worth pursuing but I wanted to see if any of you guys have any experience with these Corvette suspensions in streetrods or other vehicles.
If I decide to do this, I would probably consider selling my existing frame as a rolling chassis and start over with some new frame rails. Would appreciate hearing your pros & cons.....
Here are some pics of both front & rear installed in a '36 Ford chassis:
35-40 Ford chassis No 1_1.jpg35-40 Ford Chassis No. 3_1.jpg35-40 Ford Chassis No.4_1.jpg35-40 Ford Chassis No.2_1.jpg"It is not much good thinking of a thing unless you think it out." - H.G. Wells
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