Re: Is there a way to increase height in a 1956 Torsion bar suspension?

Posted by PackardV8 On 2008/12/4 22:07:37

Hopefully Victor will bare with us here while i open up another can of worms on the height topic.

My 56 Exec has the same problem that Victors car has. Sets a bit low in the front with 235-75's. So i need to do something about it especialy for rural driving. Owen mentioned in a previous post about 56T-1 involving the 9* long torsion bars to correct the problem.

After looking at the parts cataloug i found long (front) torsion bars listed for 55, 56 and 56 "HEAVY DUTY". THe heavy duty is listed for 56 jr and 56 Sr. NO heavy duty listed for 55's.

BUT 56T-1 indicates " 9* Long Torsion BARS " as it's title. 56T-1 ALSO indicates a different part number from those listed above.

There's alot more to this but i'll wait to see if there is enuf interest to delve into it any more. Besides, i don't like to create any one post ata time much longer than this one is right now.