front suspension & rearend swap

[pontiacray]

good afternoon gentlemen I just picked up a 47 Plymouth special deluxe 4 door , has anyone done a front clip & rearend swap , any suggestions would be appreciated thanks .

[greg g]

What are you trying to accomplish?  Have you driven the car?  What did you find lacking?

[pontiacray]

thank you for responding , I have not driven it yet ,but they heated the front springs & put lowering blocks in rear butchered the wiring , I just got the motor running it has a fenton split manifold  , I am going to delete allthe lowrider junk

[casper50]

Get new springs and take the blocks off.

[Plymouthy Adams]

clips of mopar variety is do-able..not hard...just invasive...be sure this is what you want...

 

if not...

 

then new springs are not that expensive....and not have the car off line but for a day or so depending on your work habits..

[pontiacray]

Thank you all for the suggestions on my 47 , I think I will try new springs & remove the lowering blocks & see how it handles I don't mind the work my dad was a mechanic his whole life & so I picked up the trade as a hobby , but I have in the past I have clipped car's , but this mopar has me thinking twice about it again thanks to all on this topic ?

[greg g]

If you cant find stock front springs from normal vendors, there are some folks here who installed Ford Aerostar front springs.  You will notice that the stock shock absorbers on the front mount between the A arms. A simple upgrade is to buy or make frame mounts 53-56Ford F100 work well and can be bolted on, then add longer gas shocks.  Several front disc. brake conversions are availably, most of them have been discussed and documented on these pages, use the search function.  Also the front sway bar from non Grand Cherokee jeeps are a simple up grade.  If you feel you need to address the rear axle, Cherokee, Dakota five bolt, Ford ranger, explorer, and Mopar B bodies are good donors and some will give you rear disc brakes in the bargain. Some spring pad work and shock mount work will be needed.  If you go to do the front clip thing you will need to fabricate a lot of new sheet metal and bracket hangers, bumper mounts, and other things added to the change.

Edited September 23, 2018 by greg g

[rlsjunior]

Check with http://www.springsnthings.com/ 

I was quoted $85 for front springs and $340 for a pair of stock rear springs and $370 for an inch higher spring. They also have all hangers, bushings, bolts, etc

 

[pontiacray]

thank you greg g. for the info ,I am rethinking this car as I believe I will redo the front end instead of a clip & see how it goes ,again I want to thank you & everyone who has commented on this topic I let you all know how it goes

[Adam H P15 D30]

Look at Posies superslide rear springs. They come with reversed eyes if you want lowered springs or standard. 

 

Adam

 

http://www.posiesrodsandcustoms.com/

 

 

Edited September 24, 2018 by Adam H P15 D30

[Don Coatney]

This might or might not help.

 

 

Front shock mounts as Greg mentioned.

 

[pontiacray]

Thank you all for all the information I now have a plan to go forward with. ?