I once owned a '70 Chevy Blazer that had mono-leaf springs in the front and
maybe the rear too. I remember having to weld the spring mounts to the
frame because the rivets had come loose, but I never broke a spring on it.
Further back I had a '67 Firebird that had mono-leaf springs in the rear.
I'd take the spring guy's opinion with a grain of salt.
----- Original Message -----
From: <mark@noakes.com>
To: <Dingo@centurytel.net>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] SSR and leaf springs and lowering
On monoleaf...the Corvette has had front and rear monoleaf suspension since
84 at least;
I've never heard of anyone hurt or killed due to a failure...of course, I've
never known
anyone that put 1000 lb of stuff in the back of a vette either...so there's
not
functionally equivalence to truck usage either.
Mark Noakes
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, "Dingo" wrote:
>
> Hi all....I attended the 51st Autorama , Cobo Hall in Detroit this past
> weekend. Spoke to two interesting people there.
> First, Jon Moss from Chevrolet. He is the guy who gets to create dang
near
> anything he wants to inside Chevrolet, and gets paid for it yet! I asked
him
> about the SSR. He said he was quite involved in that vehicle. I spoke my
mind,
> said there should be a base version, with the new I-6, fixed roof, newer
> version of the ralley wheel, lighter and cheaper than the v-8 retractable
one
> we all have been shown. He looked up after signing a photo and said "There
> will be different versions". Now there is something that hasn't been in
the
> newspapers or magazines!
> Second, spoke with Mike Eaton, owner of Eaton Spring in Detroit. Big
spring
> manufacturer. He had his F**d delivery there, plus an absolutely beautiful
> snow white early 50's AD, stone stock. I asked his opinion on lowering,
ie.
> removal of leaves, mono leafs, c-notching, etc. He said he would never
> recommend removal of leaves because each leaf depends upon the next size
leaf
> for SUPPORT. He stressed that word too. You remove a leaf, you remove the
> necessary support. Mono leafs? He doesn't manufacture them. He said one
broken
> leaf in a multi leaf system will get you home. A broken mono leaf could
kill
> you. Again, his words. C-notch? He has seen too many frames cut and not
> correctly reinforced. He said too, a vehicle that differs from stock is
driven
> more aggressively and needs the strength and support therefore in the
> suspension. And he said too, don't say you'll never put anything in the
bed,
> either. And he is a spring builder, so I guess I didn't expect him to say
> anything else. But his words do give one pause.
> Great day, great show!!! Got George Barris to autograph a photo of his
> Kopper Kart ('56 Chevy truck), got free catalogs, and bought a Von Dutch
> flying eyeball t-shirt.
> Wanted to pass this on to you people for further thoughts.....
>
> Ed in Mich
> '57 3100
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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