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And also a shout out to Big John who had some great suggestions and sent me some photos of his gorgeous car to use as an example of how the rear should sit on these cars.

So an update on this just to close it out. I spoke to the old car specialist at our local Standens springs shop and he felt that there was a 95% chance that my springs would be fine once I rebuilt them. So, I bought new modern leaf end sliders to replace the worn out wax covered canvas ones, all...

So here is todays update on my suspension saga in the brakes forum! (Sorry mods). I talked to the old spring guru at the 80 year old spring shop in Calgary and ram my situation by him. He suggested why not disassemble the springs, remove the extra leaf, reassemble and install and see where the...

I’m starting to wonder if as at least a short term solution I should try and rebuild my springs removing the added leaf, assuming that they are the original springs which I suspect they are. The problem with that might be were they re arched at all in the process of adding the extra leaf...

Ok, good to know.

And why would there not be rubber insulators on convertible and wagon springs? Are the spring heights the same? I’m asking because I may have a line on a hood set of used ones off of a sedan.

So I see in the FSM that they talk about “station wagon and convertible” rear springs, and then the rest of the models. Can anyone enlighten me as to what would be different about a convertibles rear springs?

Here’s a 90 degree photo of the passenger side rear tire that shows just how high the rear end is sitting compared to the photos of other 70 300’s. The rear springs are definitely getting replaced with stock ones.

Excellent, thanks gents

Possible, not pistons!

Is it pistons just remove the added leaf, or has the geometry of the spring been changed?

How many leaves would the original stock springs have had?

Thanks for the info. Sucks for us Canadians right now paying with the weak dollar and then crazy shipping costs, which was why I was hoping to find a replacement through NAPA or something similar.

I’m wanting to replace the rear shocks on my 70 300. I’m having a hard time finding a modern shock listing at several auto parts stores. Does anyone have a recommendation for a shock to install in the rear of C bodies? The old shock number doesn’t cross reference

Excellent info, thanks. Anyone out there in Canada have an extra set of rear leaf springs for a C body?

If anybody spots something out of the ordinary, let me know but as you can see the spring appear to be the same age as the car.

You are definitely on to something big John as comparing the photo of your car to mine, the line of the top of the wheel arch is much higher on the rear tire than it is on your car. I’m definitely going to investigate that rear end further.

I did look at that with the car on the lift to see if he added a block in the rear, or changed shackles, but there is nothing like that and the springs appear to be original and are in the same shape as the rest of the underside of the car. That doesn’t mean that the springs weren’t used ones...

Great tips. Luckily I own a torsion bar removal tool from doing many restorations

Is there a way to test them? I Guessing if you tighten them all the way and the height doesn’t come into spec that would tell you.