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

Posted by Randy Berger On 2008/12/4 22:29:14

I just reread the 56-T1 STB. I have never checked the part numbers on my long bars, but suspect they are normal production. Al down in Ga or Al bought a 55 Pat that sat very high in my estimation and he may be so kind as to check his part numbers when he reads this, unless he is too busy at the renaissance fair. You may need a pressure blaster to clean the end of the bar and read the number. I have only heard of no rings on 55 cars. All the 56 T/L cars I ever checked had at least one ring. Many of the 56s I looked at had four rings. I have wondered whether you could mount a long bar one hex off thereby adding 16+ degrees lift. Maybe Packard engineers computed that 9 degrees was the maximum that could still be mounted. I wonder if any 56 Caribbeans had less than four rings.
I wonder a lot of things late at night - most not fit to be published here.