Soft Rear Springs on 62-65

I've been driving my Fairlane for about two years since going through the thing. I bought a set of rear leaf springs from Crite's ( the springs are the same for all years, I think), and they have been too soft since day one. I'm sure Crites purchased them from someone else. If I ride with a full load of buddies in the car, it feels like the car bottoms out over railroad tracks. Launch it from a standstill and the car acts like a motorboat trying to plane off. Any of you guys having that problem?
Oh yeah, have you BB guys figured out what you will do for front coil springs? With the 351C and 225/70R14's, it will scrub in a hard, slow turn.
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At this point in time, I am going to use the 6 cylinder springs that came with the car. They appear to hold the front end up, but will see once I get it on the road. I do have a set of springs for a 289 in my parts car.

The rear springs are 5 leaf that came from JC Whitney. They have a pretty decent arch and if you notice in the pics I have posted, there is about 500 pounds of sand blasting material in the trunk when they were taken. I don't have the name of the company who made them handy any more since i removed the labels off the springs.

I amalso using a MOPAR offset rear shackle kit to move the rear of the springs inboard about .80" on each side (1.60" total move of the rear of the springs towards the center of the car.).
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try getting some leafs from an old spring and adding to yours or do what I did put air shocks in the back.
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Or you can do what i did before i changed to ladder bars. Go to your local auto zone, napa
or whatever and you can by a coil kit with spring cups that mounts to your shock, basically poor boys coilover but it does work! I might still have them ill have to check. If so you pay shipping and there yours.

This may sound a little simplistic, but take your springs back off and down to a local driveline shop and have them add a leaf. Mine sagged badly when I bought the car. Had a leaf added, and it rides great. P.S., depending on how many buddies your stuffing in the back seat, it seems to me that you could lose a few and gain a half second or so...

crites gets them from Auto suspension.
Auto suspension.com
1-800-903-9019

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