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In responding to Don Steele this morning about the replacement of rear springs on our 59 C-1, I began to wonder about the 5-leaf rear springs on our 62. The car appears to have the original 5-leaf rear springs installed. The shortest and longest leaves have the common C-1 groove in the center of the leaves. The longest one being the chassis attaching leaf. I know the car was an ex-fuelie, but could the original installation of 5-leaf springs be an indicator of anything special that would have also been an option on the car? When I performed a front brake job on the car a couple of years ago, I found the brakes to be segmented pads and of a metal composition. I believe the drums to be original, but they are not finned, indicating a big brake option. Any thoughts?
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Re: 1962 C1 5-leaf original rear springs...rare?
how about a quick steering adaptor on the 3rd? how about ducts in the front lower valence panel? Any covers on the brake backing plates?what are the bores on the wheel cylinders? good huntin, mike -
Re: 1962 C1 5-leaf original rear springs...rare?
Mark
You say the longest and shortest have grooves, what about the others? Far as I know no 62 came with 5 leaf springs, that was an option in 1959, but with the addition of the upper radius rods the General saw no need for heavy springs. Lots of guys added an extra leaf to stop the wheel hop when they dropped the clutch. Sometimes this helped but did not eliminate the problem. When we raced our 62 back in the 60's the only thing that stopped the wheel hop was traction bars.
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