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By lawdogg1 - 5 Years Ago
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I want to keep truck as original as possible. I want to lower the front and rear end of my truck but want to keep original as possible. Any suggestions? Thanks
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By seishank65 - 5 Years Ago
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Removing some of the leafs on the springs is an easy way to lower your truck. On my 56 I removed 2-3 leafs on front and rear. Cheap way to lower your ride.
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By DryLakesRacer - 5 Years Ago
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Sac-religious but put in a 392 Chrysler hemi and it will sit just right.. But since this is a Ford site you can also use a Shot-Gun Ford....Bottom like a Y...
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By panel driver - 5 Years Ago
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I used a front and rear set of reversed eye leaf springs from mid fifties f 100. They have a calculation on their home page that will give you an approximate ride height. I would get the mounting hardware to go with it.
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By emtdude56 - 5 Years Ago
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mid fifty also sells a original axel that has a 3 inch drop
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By 62bigwindow - 5 Years Ago
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Look up Nostalgia Sid's. He has several products that will get you the results you want.
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By stuey - 5 Years Ago
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just a word of caution. over in the UK the roads are not exactly smooth (pot holes and "sleeping policemen")
so I'm in the process of putting mine back in the air. I found I had barely an inch of suspension travel and getting really short shocks was difficult but not impossible
stuey
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By NY59F100 - 5 Years Ago
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I would definitely agree with Nostalgia Sid. He has a 1956 F100 that he's lowered and knows all of the tricks. If you wanted to keep your stock front axle, you could probably purchase a 3" dropped axle. He's a great guy to talk to. I would call him and ask him. If you have a spring shop that can reverse eye your main leaf spring, that will help the front as well. In regards to the back, you could do an axle flip, but you'll start getting limited distance between your axle and your frame. I lowered my 59 F100 using a 3" dropped axle from Sid, reversed the springs, flipped the axle in the back but did a drastic frame change to gain the clearance I wanted.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Soffian
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By 62bigwindow - 5 Years Ago
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Sid has new rear spring hangers and frame brackets that will get the rear where you want it. They are pretty slick.
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