1940 fordor suspension leaf springs

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Originally Posted by Kurt in NJ

It depends on the body style, light cars like roadsters got less leaves that say a heavy station wagon ---you need a parts book ---at least list what body you have so you can get proper information --in some years the delux cars got covered springs, standard uncovered also -----but when the cars were "just old cars" any spring would work

Kurt, Typically, open cars weigh more than closed cars. 1940 Fords (that) was certainly true. A '40 convertible was over 100# heavier than a '40 coupe.
You are correct however, that the amount of leaves was dependent / respective of model.