Gasser question. Rear Suspension?

[Wowcars]

Ok, I've been gettin a lot of flack lately for not doin anything on my '40 Chevy coupe. Its going to be gasser and I've got the 454, the 4 speed muncie, the econoline front end and a '60s 9" rear. Now whats the best period suspension for the rear end? Just use leafs like its already set up for? When did multi-link suspensions start showing up? What are some other ideas?

[Tim]

see alot of them with leafs and ugly self made ladder bars

tim

[gettingreasy]

Coli overs and long ladder bars were used alot, maybe some 1/4 elipticles would be cool to. Check out www.gassermadness.com (http://www.gassermadness.com) there's always something good on there.
-Jesse

[Roothawg]

Bolted solid.

[Mike Landwehr]

here's one on Egay currently (in our neighborhood) 8 3/4 chrys,tho a little to narrow for your car ,its out of a 48 anglia 48" BP To BP (NOT Mine)

[Wowcars]

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Bolted solid.

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Ow. I don't think so. This thing is gonna be driven, too. No trailer queen. I didn't really want to keep the springs due to the power. Coils and ladder bars might be the way to go.

[AHotRod]

I've got a street driven Gasser ('41 Willys) and a '47 Crosley Wagon Gasser.
Drop me a email, and we can talk...Gasser-to-Gasser.

Glenn Hayes
AHotRod@bellsouth.net

[four-thirteen]

They used anything from bolting it solid, to supercool four links with torsion bars and friction shocks.

I'd toss the stock springs in the trash and get some mopar semi-eliptical leafs from a mopar b-body. I've seen cars with those run low 9s, with the front wheels 10 feet of the ground well past the 60 foot mark. http://store.yahoo.com/chucker54/superstock.html Dave