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Old 09-04-2010, 02:44 PM   #13
LeroyM
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Default Re: How To Lower The Model A The Old Fashion Way

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Originally Posted by Jim Brierley View Post
You must have used a 32-34 front axle, the 35 & later had the perch bolts farther apart because they used a spring that was ahead of the axle. The rear of your coupe looks good as-is. I used a Model T spring on the rear of my pickup to lower it. T springs are narrower and shorter but by stretching them you get a flatter spring, and a lower car.
The guy I got the axle from said it came from his low mileage 35 sedan. Everything I've found says the 32-36 axles are all the same other then the 32 heavy axle. The spring perches are what makes the difference. They have to be 32-34 spring perches.
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