[Payton King]

Ok,

I am not claiming to be any sort of expert on suspension design. I am just explaining this as it was explained to me. Apparently in the 60's when Chrysler was into factory sponsored drag racing they were running a class, I think Super Stock, and the rules stated that if the car was produced with a rear leaf spring suspension it must be run. They were having a hard time getting the leafs to hook so they came up with this idea to get around the rules.

Basically the leafs act as the track bar, spring (duh) and lower link. The rear is not mounted to the spring by a conventional perch but instead by a swivel link(my term). The upper link is just like normal.

This type of suspension was also used on an Austin Healy 3000 in the 60's. Jim Pettigrew use to have one and dropped a small block in it. He stated that rear worked great and it would really hook and drive great.

So with all of that said, lets hear some opinions. Pros and cons.

Jim would be more that happy to make these for anyone as a low cost alternative to what is out there now.