hairball52 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Hi everyone. I bought a 48 Plymouth. I was wondering if anyone can identify a picture of the lower a-arm. Is it modified or are they like this stock? I also have right hand thread lug nuts on the drivers side front & rear. Is this stock? Well, I don't have any idea how to insert pictures from my camera so I guess I can't show you. My email is peemde@hotmail.com I can send photos that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Hi and welcome. Where do you live? Eventually you'll figure out the posting of pictures. Usually a 46-48 Plymouth has left hand lug BOLTS on the left and right hand ones on the right side. If you have studs with lug nuts, your brake drums and/or more have been changed. Can't address the front end question. Not that it matters for certain things, but is your car a coupe, a sedan, or what? I'm guessing this is your first old Plymouth perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveplym Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Here's what mine looks like. Sorry about the photos, I took them with my cell phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carls 49 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 hi h-ball and welcome. good to have you here. congrats on getting that 48. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairball52 Posted June 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Thankyou for your reply. I now know my a-arms & drums have been modified or changed out. Can I send you a pic through my email name? I need some more help. Long story short. I bought the car from a friend, he bought it on impulse. Knows nothing of the history. Pretty much stock coupe. It is so low that I can't turn the wheels very far & the oil pan is about 2 inches from the ground. I found some 70's coil spring spacers in my garage & put them in the springs to raise it up. That helped alot. Before this, I ordered some coil springs from Coil Spring Specialties that are 2 " lower than stock. I now have noticed that the lower a-arms are modified. They have been cut, a 1/4 " piece of flat bar welded on & the knuckle ends welded back at about 2" raised position. So the car may have been lowered by the springs & by the a-arm mods. Paul peemde@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairball52 Posted June 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Hi and welcome.Where do you live? Eventually you'll figure out the posting of pictures. Usually a 46-48 Plymouth has left hand lug BOLTS on the left and right hand ones on the right side. If you have studs with lug nuts, your brake drums and/or more have been changed. Can't address the front end question. Not that it matters for certain things, but is your car a coupe, a sedan, or what? I'm guessing this is your first old Plymouth perhaps. Thanks to another member I think the pics will show up here now. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaneradio Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Welcome! Here are a couple of pics that may help clarify things a little. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claybill Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 just in case...i have a spare pair of A-arms and pr. of springs.....or just the uprights.. took them off my old 47-48. claybill@netexpress.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 I looks like they are stock and have been cut and bodged (english for homed made or cobbled) and the triagular pieces were welded in as strengtheing gussets or fish plates. If the welds are good it might be OK but it is a hack job way of lowering the car. The reason I say that is that the sway bar mountings represent one of the couple ways that MOPAR used for the assembly. I might be taking up the offer posted above especially if you can't confirm the quality of the welds, and most especially if you will be carrying loved ones in the vehicle. Welcome to the forum. glad you got the picture thing figured out, it becomes muscle memorie after a few posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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