Chevy II leaf spring question

gymracer01 · 07-13-2008, 03:39 PM

That was not all that was flimsy about those cars, but I loved them. I bought one new in 66 (L79). I put some good slicks on it and playing around with it, you could drop the clutch at 5500 or so and a person in the backseat could watch the gap between the side windows grow. Fun car, wonder I didn't kill my self in it with the stupid stuff I did.
Jim N.

james schaechter · 07-13-2008, 05:51 PM

Paul's picture shows it all. That factory washer looks like a freeze plug out of an Allis Chalmers and is about as strong. We had the same problem with our stocker. We also felt that the cool part and the bad part is the flimsiness of the car. Light, but not strong. We put a full moly cage with sill bars in it. Overkill I know, but I think it will help the car stay together and is definately better if something stupid happens.

07-13-2008, 03:39 PM	#1
gymracer01 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Middle Tennesse Posts: 46 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Chevy II leaf spring question That was not all that was flimsy about those cars, but I loved them. I bought one new in 66 (L79). I put some good slicks on it and playing around with it, you could drop the clutch at 5500 or so and a person in the backseat could watch the gap between the side windows grow. Fun car, wonder I didn't kill my self in it with the stupid stuff I did. Jim N.

07-13-2008, 05:51 PM	#2
james schaechter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 1,991 Likes: 1,290 Liked 1,434 Times in 299 Posts	Re: Chevy II leaf spring question Paul's picture shows it all. That factory washer looks like a freeze plug out of an Allis Chalmers and is about as strong. We had the same problem with our stocker. We also felt that the cool part and the bad part is the flimsiness of the car. Light, but not strong. We put a full moly cage with sill bars in it. Overkill I know, but I think it will help the car stay together and is definately better if something stupid happens. __________________ James Schaechter 3163 STK