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rene,

I have seen birds with pass sitting lower, I think my 68 sat slightly lower on teh pass side, but possibly saggy springs.

Have you tried putting the car on jackstands supporting both on the tub and measuring to ground, and then support on rear axle and measure to ground from the spring attachment points? Could be something simple like your front spring mounts wacked, rear shackle mounts wacked, or something more complex like a tweaked body?

Good luck!

I didnt go back & reread your thread, but check the front height as well. If the front is higher on one side it can throw the rear off. There are different sized global west spacers, you may be able to correct it somewhat by mixing/match front spacers if its off in the front. This is fairly common on these cars. I have used spacers on front & rear on cars in the past to get them level side to side. I prefer to measure from the floor to the top of the fenders on all 4 corners. I have also found that stick edger blades (i own a landscape company) are great spacers for the rear leaf springs. The are the perfect length & have a hole in the middle for the locating stud. I paint them black, and stack them if needed to get the desired height. Plus they will slide in the perch without having to take everything apart, just losen the u bolt nuts & pry up on the rear end. Scott

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Originally Posted by Z06vette (Post 483021)

Z06-Oddly enough the front seems to only be off by a quarter of an inch. Thanks for the tip on the stick edger blades too, great to know!

GUI-thanks for the good advice as usual!!

Well, oddly enough its been a year since I last posted, HOLY CRAP! anyway, not much going on as far as working on the car, just really small stuff. I've actually been driving it quite a bit this year, a couple cruise nights, to work, etc..... So I'm really just enjoying driving it around for a bit.

Here's a shot of my son and I after a cruise night at the end of last cruise season. My kids really enjoy driving around in it, which makes me happy hahaha.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps79124e01.jpg

Rene the bid is looking great, good stance as well!

Still driving the bird?