Gran Fury: Cutting some frame rails and relocating some leaf springs

Oldiron440

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My bodyshop was three blocks from the local mopar dealer when those were sold new. For a year or two every once in a while we would get one on the lot that dog tracked. The problem was the mount for the Rt side front spring hanger was about a half inch forward than the Lt aside. The Chrysler fix was to stack up shims between the mount on the unit body and the spring hanger. So I would verify that the spring hangers are square in there location under the car before going to far. Sometimes the Rt rocker would be forward also.
 

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My bodyshop was three blocks from the local mopar dealer when those were sold new. For a year or two every once in a while we would get one on the lot that dog tracked. The problem was the mount for the Rt side front spring hanger was about a half inch forward than the Lt aside. The Chrysler fix was to stack up shims between the mount on the unit body and the spring hanger. So I would verify that the spring hangers are square in there location under the car before going to far. Sometimes the Rt rocker would be forward also.
That's a great thing to double check. Thanks for that.
I only want this thing going sideways down the road if there's a cloud of tire smoke being left behind.:p:p
 

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Been while since I've updated anything on this process.
I took last summer off, but made some progress when it got cool again.
Now, it's time to assemble the front chassis/suspension and get my Hemi bolted in. T56 6-speed is waiting to be fitted up. Gonna be a lot of cutting. :)

Here are some pics of the new suspension:
Crossmember with inboard spring hangers.
Rear spring sliders on custom mount
Ford 8.8 rear from 1999 Explorer (narrowed 3")
Caltrac Traction Bars.

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