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09-23-2006, 11:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
ratfish1
 
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1966 Leaf springs

Working on the disc brake/frontend rebuild now. But my sagging rear leafs have gotta go. On E-bay I find alot of springs for 67-71 and up to 65. What gives, are 66 leaf springs a 1 year special deal? Does anyone know the specs for a 1966?
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09-24-2006, 01:16 AM   #2 (permalink)
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1966 Leaf springs

Once you get the fronts in take it to a local truck spring shop, tell them what you want in relation to height and it will probably cost less for them to do the whole job than the cost of buying new leafs somewhere and paying the shipping.
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09-24-2006, 08:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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1966 Leaf springs

call springs n things or espo
not ebay
i have a almost new set you could buy i took em out and used the old ones for a lower stance i have 2 66's..let me know
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09-25-2006, 03:18 PM   #4 (permalink)
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1966 Leaf springs

I guess I should have posted this under items wanted in classifieds, but, do you have a good 66 Fairlane driver's side window regulator?
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09-26-2006, 02:25 AM   #5 (permalink)
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1966 Leaf springs

WIsh I could help you out. I'm just starting to work on mine.
Thanks for the info.
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10-13-2006, 09:42 PM   #6 (permalink)
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1966 Leaf springs

'66-'67 are the same. take your springs to a local spring shop and tell them you need the spring eye reversed and to re-arch them. Reversing the spring eye gives you roughly a 2" drop. They will have the stock spring specs. I did this and added a 5th leaf. I told them I wanted an overall drop of 4" to set level with my front end. Cost me $150. Rides perfect, not too harsh.. but stiff enough to get it around corners[img]/forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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