Re: 55 E/G – New old ride

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tomblake
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      We have been working on the rear suspension to improve the ride and handling of the 55. The chassis guy that built Mary’s roadster looked at the 55 suspension and suggested we lower the coilovers along with some other minor things. So we started by dropping the rear coilovers 8″ and moved them back 8″. He looked the car over about a week later and suggested we go another 3″ lower. Back to work we went and now they are 11″ lower and 8″ back. We reinforced the pan hard bar mounting and will be test driving the car tomorrow.
      During this project I got a higher amp welder and did some of my first structural welding but had my friend the good welder come behind me to check and reinforce my welding so I feel pretty good about the finished product.
      First picture is 8″ lower and the second is the final at 11″ lower than the original mounting.


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