dustoff440
Well-Known Member
Is there a difference between the leaf springs in 108 and 111 inch wheel base A bodies?
Ok now i'm well confused, I thought Dusters were 108 and Darts(except the Sport) were 111???? The year I'm talking about for my car is 1970. The reason I had asked in the first place is that I knew or thought I knew that Darts were 111 because I wanted to buy some prefabbed frame connectors from another FABO member and knew that the ones for my Dart had to be 3 inches longer than 108 wb cars. I had also heard once that you could force the 108 springs onto a 111 wb car but that it was a major frig and that the shackle hangers were in an odd position when you were finished.
I've swapped just about every year combo you can think of with no problems as long as you use the whole spring assembly. They made 4, 5, and 6 leaf springs from the factory and two sizes of front bushings. The rear shackle will take up any slight variations in length due to the arc of the spring.