: I did a search of the archives and only came up
: with a couple hits neither of which gave any
: details. I'm looking for dropped spindles
: for my '66 Dart. Would anyone have contact
: information for a specific vendor that sells
: such items?

: Try, Castlemaine Rod Shop, P.O. Box 349, Castlemaine, Victoria, 3450, Australia.

: Phone, (03)5472 2853 Fax, (03)5472 1241
: <A HREF="http://www.rodshop.com.au">www.rodshop.com.au</A>

: good luck! i don't think anybody ever bothered
: with these since early mopars had adjustable
: ride height from the factory. i think fat
: man fabrications just came out with a drop
: spindle kit for the f-bodies mainly because
: that front end has fallen into favor with
: the street rod guys (they seem to like
: crap.)
:
: -james

: James is right. The ad in February Mopar Coll.
: Guide pg13 is Fat Man Fabrications
: (704-545-0369). It's a two inch drop for the
: F-bodys. $415.00.

: Forgive the Mopar newbie, but I'm assuming the
: F-Bodies have different spindles?

: I know that there is a compromise
: with just turning the torsion bars. I'm
: wanting to keep the car from
: "dolphining" down the road, i.e. I
: want near-full suspension travel if
: possible.I was hoping to get the spindles
: and do the disc brake conversion at the same
: time. One post to the board back in January
: stated that there were dropped spindles
: available in an ad from the (then) current
: issue of Mopar Collectors Guide.

: Hello Roger

: I have not seen any drop spindles offered for
: the A-Body. (it would be nice if there were
: some out there)
:
: It is possible to get the front suspension
: pretty low using the factory parts. One
: thing to do right off is to cut-down
: (shorten) the LCR "rebound
: bumpers" to allow more suspension
: travel before hitting the bumpers. Depending
: on the year, (67 & up are taller) doing
: this cutting can get you an additional 2
: inches or so of travel which allows more
: drop before "dolphining".
: (bouncing off the LCR bumpers)
:
: So... you say you want the car lower than
: that....
: OK, here is a trick, I have cut the LCR bumper
: mounting pad-plate off the top of the
: control arm and notched-down the LCR's
: bumper pad - mounting plate area, then
: re-attached the mounting pad plate. (welding
: required) You can get another inch or so of
: travel into the system, same goes with the
: top "frame stop" that the bumper
: hits against but there is not much ground to
: be gained from that position. (another
: 1/4" or so)
:
: Trouble with doing all this lowering is that
: the camber goes out as you continue to drop
: the ride height, to off-set this you need to
: get the off-set upper A-Arm bushings from
: Moog.
:
: Using some of these tricks, I can get an A-Body
: K-Frame with in 3-4 inches of the pavement
: and still be 1/2 inch or so off the LCR
: bumpers. Now I have to get someone to lift
: up the car body while I try to slide the
: floor jack under it!
:
: BTW, if you are drag racing, keep the small
: drum brakes, they are lighter and produce
: less drag then the disc set-up.
: DD