As usual, I agree with the posts of HH56 and O_D. Let me add a couple other thoughts.
I was probably the original innovator of the adjustable front links; if not the original then one of the first.
http://1956packardpanther.com/Panther/adjLinks.html My motivation was to restore my 1955 Patrician to it's original ride height (both sides had sagged) and to correct the driver side which had sagged about 1IN more than the pass side. In this, the adjustable links were completely successful.
That having been said, if I wanted to lower the static ride height of my Panther (which I might do) and not screw up the T-L performace including constantly riding on the A-arm bumpers, then I would do it "old school." Take off the front king pin assembly (Gp 15.501) and modify it to raise the wheel with respect to the front A-arm assemblies, i.e., a "dropped axle." You could do the same "old school" thing with the rear suspension, i.e., put "lowering blocks" between the axle housing and the rear trailing arms. Both of these lower the respective ends of the car without altering the T-L at all.
On edit: one more "old school" technique I forgot to mention is "channeling". This entails modifying the floor of the body and lowering the frame outriggers and who knows what else. This will lower the body over the frame so the car appears lower, but the T-L is unaffected.
Craig
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