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Old 04-02-2025, 03:34 PM   #1
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Does anyone know what the number of (rear) leafs/leaves is in a stock 1930 sport coupe rear spring set? Thanks
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believe it is 7 as that is what the roadsters have.
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Thank you sir!!
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Old 04-02-2025, 07:47 PM   #4
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8 leaf A-5560-B
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Old 04-02-2025, 07:56 PM   #5
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Keep in mind that the original Ford springs had leaves of variable thickness. Modern spring-makers may be able to get the same spring rate with fewer leaves of different thicknesses. For example, Detroit Eaton provides a 10-leaf front spring for Model As to replace the original 12-leaf, and an 8-leaf front spring to replace the original 10-leaf. They do provide an 8-leaf rear for coupes and a 7-leaf rear for roadsters.

If anyone has ready access to Marco Tahtaras' excellent spring chart, would you please post it?
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If anyone has ready access to Marco Tahtaras' excellent spring chart, would you please post it?
I have a copy of it, word document, 2 pages, but can't post it for some reason, dunno why.
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Old 04-04-2025, 04:14 PM   #8
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I think that this is what you want, hope it helps
The 8 leaf spring is the red line "B"
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Old 04-04-2025, 04:51 PM   #9
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I think that this is what you want, hope it helps
The 8 leaf spring is the red line "B"
Yup, this is the one. History, your info is here.
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