I would like to know what type of vehicle that I can pull a set of rear leaf springs off of to bolt an 8" maverick rear end to my 1939 ford coupe chassis. The length of the springs that I came up with was at around 48"s. Is this correct? Luckily I found all the front end suspension in the same junk yard as the rear end. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks to Street rod stuff for this site. Larry
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larry chandler

I've seen a few posts where they talk of using Chrysler mini van rear leaf springs. Street Rodder a few years back had an article wher they used rear springs off a Mazda pick-up I believe. You had to torch the front spring hanger off the donor truck though. I used Chassis Eng. front and rear spring hangers and shackel kit but went to the local spring shop, told them what the car weighed ( 46 Ford ) and what I wanted for spring length ( I needed 24" from spring perch locating pin to both front and rear spring eye ) and they set me up with a new set of springs $150.
Hope this helps.

I have heard that the leaf springs in the Chassis Engineering Kit are from the front end of a Mid 80's 4x4 Dodge P/U. Not sure of the year but the other part is accurate--measure one at the salvage yard and see. I would use the hangers from Chassis Engineering and boneyard the rest.

http://homepage.mac.com/bdrake/1937pu/partX.html
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