Rusty Bowtie
General Category => Early Chevy/GM Discussion => Topic started by: EDNY on December 07, 2012, 10:08:11 PM
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Checked out a 37 Chevy 4 door sedan today for my son. The front and rear suspenions need to be R&R... attached pictures of what is up front now...anyone have an idea what this front suspension came from? (Note: The drum spindles have rotors on them?) The upper arms are tubular.
Ed
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It looks like a corvair unit. Does it have a chevy bolt pattern? And if so the build is prolly dated quite a few years ago.
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Now that you mentioned it..it may be a Corvair...someone slid a set of rotors on there..& won't work because they're hitting the lower arms and have no caliper provisions.
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Ed,my guess also is Corvair,I actually put one under my 34 and converted to 82 Buick Regal spindles and disc brakes,then scrapped it and went to MII
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I say Corvair. I put a few of those under early fords back in the 60's. It was a pretty popular swap. It was difficult to get springs with enough rate though because they were small OD.We useually put air bags inside them to get decent ride hight.
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Thanks...it's has to come off, can't locate parts and the car sits too high. Will be installing a M2 for those reasons.
If anyone needs Corvair suspension parts we'll have them this Spring :-*
BTW:We bought the 37 Chevy sedan.
Ed
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37 Chevys are one of my favorites., whether they be 4dr, 2dr, truck, or what ever. The front sheet metal has a design all it's own. I'd like to see some pic's of it.
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37 Chevys are one of my favorites., whether they be 4dr, 2dr, truck, or what ever. The front sheet metal has a design all it's own. I'd like to see some pic's of it.
Thought I had some pics handy...but only have a video. I'll try to get some up tomorrow. My first 30's car was a 37 Chevy coupe.