The Ford Barn - View Single Post - How many "leaves" should be in the rear spring?

Pat Martone · 05-18-2013, 04:03 PM

1931 Flamingo,

Thanks for your good points.
I have never felt my car bottom-out, and I have only had passengers for very short rides. My car does seems to ride good.
Perhaps my tires might not be as "tall" as those cars running normal bias ply tires.
I am using Coker's Excelsior 19" radials (500R19) on my stock (but new) wheels. (The radials handle great compared to bias ply tires.) The radials "squat" a bit, with a larger contact patch on the ground (better for braking); several people have come up to me and said my tires are low on air, but I explain that they are radials and that's why they don't look fully-inflated like the bias ply tires.

05-18-2013, 04:03 PM	#21
Pat Martone Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 495	Re: How many "leaves" should be in the rear spring? 1931 Flamingo, Thanks for your good points. I have never felt my car bottom-out, and I have only had passengers for very short rides. My car does seems to ride good. Perhaps my tires might not be as "tall" as those cars running normal bias ply tires. I am using Coker's Excelsior 19" radials (500R19) on my stock (but new) wheels. (The radials handle great compared to bias ply tires.) The radials "squat" a bit, with a larger contact patch on the ground (better for braking); several people have come up to me and said my tires are low on air, but I explain that they are radials and that's why they don't look fully-inflated like the bias ply tires.