The Ford Barn

sugarmaker · 12-14-2023, 09:44 PM

Ford Folks,
John (1942deluxe, on the Ford Barn) and I had breakfast then stopped to look at his new project for his nice 48 Business Coupe.
There is a thread on the barn about replacing the rear spring on a similar car.
John's 48 has a broken rear spring and he is gathering the parts and information on changing this out.
Some pictures:

This is a new old stock spring he just recieved:

John has most of the hardware, including a pair of new "U" bolts and the shackles. His 42 (Cindy) in the background:

Not a great picture of the stamped part number:

I believe this has an additional leaf:

We will try to get some pictures of the spring change out at some point.
Regards,
Chris and Cheryl

1942deluxe · 12-15-2023, 12:06 PM

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Has anyone recently replaced a rear spring on a 42-48 Ford and can describe the process? I'm debating on if this is something Chris and I can tackle safely in the spring(no pun intended). There is a spring shop about 25 miles from us that does antique cars and has been in business over 100 years that I think could do the job.

12-14-2023, 09:44 PM	#1
sugarmaker Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Albion PA Posts: 1,677	1948 Ford Business Coupe Ford Folks, John (1942deluxe, on the Ford Barn) and I had breakfast then stopped to look at his new project for his nice 48 Business Coupe. There is a thread on the barn about replacing the rear spring on a similar car. John's 48 has a broken rear spring and he is gathering the parts and information on changing this out. Some pictures: This is a new old stock spring he just recieved: John has most of the hardware, including a pair of new "U" bolts and the shackles. His 42 (Cindy) in the background: Not a great picture of the stamped part number: I believe this has an additional leaf: We will try to get some pictures of the spring change out at some point. Regards, Chris and Cheryl __________________ 1932 AAB Truck 1953 Ford Jubilee 2015 Ford F250 SuperCrew Lots of Allis tractors Some Cub Cadets Last edited by sugarmaker; 12-14-2023 at 09:57 PM.

12-15-2023, 12:06 PM	#2
1942deluxe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Albion, PA Posts: 715	Re: 1948 Ford Business Coupe Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Has anyone recently replaced a rear spring on a 42-48 Ford and can describe the process? I'm debating on if this is something Chris and I can tackle safely in the spring(no pun intended). There is a spring shop about 25 miles from us that does antique cars and has been in business over 100 years that I think could do the job.