Rear Leaf Springs

[sixball]

I wish it was that simple. It's not all on my property and some is on US Government land (like 86% of Nevada).

[chopper526]

Vette, I have 5 leaves in the front and six in the back. The car rides great for me.....so far, I only have a couple hundred miles on it.

[sedan1933]

Sorry for the late comment but I am Glen Rarick's son and I can't remember how wide the tephlon is but I did a set of leafs for a 1935 roadster and I had to cut about half an inch off the width. I usually cut them as close as I can then put them together and trim extra off and touch up with paint and I believe I used 5 leafs also. I cut the tephlon about a 1/4 inch longer than the sprint on each one. We are not using leaf springs in the front. I don't really know if this is the right way to do it but that is the way dad showed me. I am only 39 so I am still learning everything so any knowledge I can pick up here would be greatly appreciated. thank you

[EDNY]

Sorry for the late comment but I am Glen Rarick's son and I can't remember how wide the tephlon is but I did a set of leafs for a 1935 roadster and I had to cut about half an inch off the width. I usually cut them as close as I can then put them together and trim extra off and touch up with paint and I believe I used 5 leafs also. I cut the tephlon about a 1/4 inch longer than the sprint on each one. We are not using leaf springs in the front. I don't really know if this is the right way to do it but that is the way dad showed me. I am only 39 so I am still learning everything so any knowledge I can pick up here would be greatly appreciated. thank you

Welcome to the forum.. suspect that I drive by your Bowtie Shop in Theresa en route to my son's house also in LaFargeville? He lives down the road from your dad.

Ed

[sedan1933]

Sorry for the late comment but I am Glen Rarick's son and I can't remember how wide the tephlon is but I did a set of leafs for a 1935 roadster and I had to cut about half an inch off the width. I usually cut them as close as I can then put them together and trim extra off and touch up with paint and I believe I used 5 leafs also. I cut the tephlon about a 1/4 inch longer than the sprint on each one. We are not using leaf springs in the front. I don't really know if this is the right way to do it but that is the way dad showed me. I am only 39 so I am still learning everything so any knowledge I can pick up here would be greatly appreciated. thank you

Welcome to the forum.. suspect that I drive by your Bowtie Shop in Theresa en route to my son's house also in LaFargeville? He lives down the road from your dad.

Ed

I work right out of my dads shop. All the cars I will be doing are his and most will be sold. I do all his sandblasting and about 2 yrs ago I started learning how to actually build them and love every minute of it. should have started 20 years ago. As soon as I learn how to do it I will be posting cars for sale. they are all projects but full cars not missing much. This is a great site for someone like me that wants to learn and there seems to be years of experience here. I will definitely be a permanent fixture here lol

[vette59jdwl]

Welcome aboard.Glenn and I are buddy's across the pond

[EDNY]

You can help your dad move some parts on this forum also...I have been in the shop and have seen some of the inventory

[EDNY]

FYI Only:

I found the best price online for the "leaf spring inserts" at Rock Auto

http://www.rockauto.com/

As an example you can search Rock Auto by part number 924070

These are the set of (4) leaf spring inserts for the 95-2005 Blazer and others at $5.09 plus $4.81 priority postage...best price I could find.

[chopper526]

Welcome aboard sedan1933, let's see some pics of what you are working on.

[vette59jdwl]

Thanks ED i am looking into that  ,and also going to round the ends on the springs when it comes time to redo the rear end and also the front end  thanks again  vette59jdwl

[vette59jdwl]

  Sedan1933. Would that be the PONTIAC sedan delivery  you are calling yourself after or something else. We keep missing each other maybe this Friday. I should be at your dads place before noon .I have to go over to the watering hole  lol lol vette59jdwl.
  Ps I have to find me a timing chain for a Yamaha Kodiak 400 so i think my first stop will be Can-am Evans Mills   vette59jdwl

[sedan1933]

I have a 1933 Chevrolet Master Sedan that I got from my dad last fall. Have not worked on that yet trying to get some of his stuff done first and get money to build my own. I did a lot of work on that sedan delivery tho and will be putting it back together now that it isn't sold. We hope to have him driving that this summer if everything goes as planned. I will post some pictures of the things we are working on as soon as I can get some taken. We have someone else that does some for him as well and that guy is finishing up a 1932 landow phaeton and then he will be finishing up a 1956 2 dr hardtop Belair for him. The 1956 will be for sale as soon as it is done. For anyone that doesn't know Glen we have around 80 to 85 cars and LOTS of parts so please if you need anything give him a call or shoot me a message and I will talk with him and look around. I would like to get as many cars out there as we can because a lot of the younger generation(by younger I mean younger than me) show no interest and its going to be a lost art someday. Sorry for all the typing but when it comes to cars I can talk for hours.

[vette59jdwl]

Well Sedan1933. I dont think that will ever happen  street rods, hotrods, and restomads is American as apple pie.North America would have to be over run by South Africa and maybe mongolia before streetrods would be deleted and that is not going to happen any time soon..OH I think we do go through phases.like anything else times are low or times are tough,our priorities change but then they bounce back and we get at it again.The stuff,parts,junk,clutter your dad has will always be worth its weight in gold,especially with the internet so cloose at hand.In the blink of an eye i can contact some guy in California.and in 60 seconds or less i can give a guy ion conneticut the price of whatever hes looking for.I have some contact here in CANADA that have as much if not more than your dad and older stuff as well. and that stuff isn't going anywhere soon,Mind you at 70 plus the only thing thats going anywhere would be me. The clock keeps ticking  oh well we all have our little secretes and mine is in LaFargville   vette59jdwl

[madmike3434]

when it comes to vintage parts or cars its always about $$$$$$$$$  .  Anybody can ASK whatever they want, but doesn't mean its going to get sold.

There is a lot of dreamers out there with unrealistic price expectations.  We all run into them.  One only has to watch AMERICAN PICKERS on a weekly basis to see asking prices on some items is PIE IN SKY ideas.

mike         

[vette59jdwl]

I could not agree more MIKE  i was needing  a timing chain for a Yamaha Kodiac 400  there was one in Montreal the guy would not take canadian money wanted $19 us and $19 us to ship it and $5.30 taxes came to $45 bucks US and i purchased it out of the US for $20 US and free shipping  GO FIGURE   vette59jdwl